Growers worried about a possible labor shortage need to sharpen their political tools and spur Washington to take action.FRESNO — It was around 2 o'clock, temperatures rising under an arcing sun, when I met two workers on a peach farm near here recently.

Despite a large number of applicants and a city policy designed to limit nepotism, two people with family ties to the City Council were given seats on traffic and planning commissions.There was no shortage of candidates to serve as traffic and planning commissioners in Garden Grove last March