The State of California established a Board of Horticulture in 1893 with San Francisco as one of nine Districts. The City of San Francisco appointed a City Sealer in 1913.  In 1915 the state’s legislature established that each county shall have a Sealer of Weights and Measures.  In 1919, the California legislature created the California Department of Food and Agriculture and charged it with the task of protecting and promoting Agriculture in the state.  In 1920, following the creation of this department, the legislature brought the several County Horticultural Commissioners and their deputies under the direction of the Director of Agriculture.  In 1929, the title of Horticultural Commissioner was changed to Agricultural Commissioner. In 1970, the functions of the County Sealer of Weights and Measures were combined with those of the County Agricultural Commissioner and in 1987 the San Francisco County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures was created in 1987.  In 2004, the office of the San Francisco Commissioner/Sealer was moved to the San Francisco Department of Public Health as part of their Environmental Health Branch.  Today it has 15 budgeted positions that oversee several major programs that cover the entirety of San Francisco— the city and county, which are geographically one in the same.