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Since the state decided not to raise grocery prices, local government is about to do it.
"After the California State Senate decided last week not to enact a statewide ban on plastic grocery bags, thoughts are turning to Santa Barbara and whether local action will be taken in an effort to enact a ban.
According to reports, key lawmakers in the legislature said the measure would be too costly, with just 14 votes received in favor of a ban and 20 opposed.
The Assembly bill, formally known as Assembly Bill 1998, would have prohibited supermarkets from providing single-use plastic bags to customers, though paper bags would be available for no less than 5 cents each. Even the paper bags provided would have had a minimum of 40 percent post-consumer recycled content."
The plastic bag ban is a tax--finally the State Senate understood that and voted NO. Santa Barbara and other Leftist cities will be banning plastic bags--these are cities that want low cost help, so do not mind taxing the poor to death. Hypocrites.
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"After the California State Senate decided last week not to enact a statewide ban on plastic grocery bags, thoughts are turning to Santa Barbara and whether local action will be taken in an effort to enact a ban.
According to reports, key lawmakers in the legislature said the measure would be too costly, with just 14 votes received in favor of a ban and 20 opposed.
The Assembly bill, formally known as Assembly Bill 1998, would have prohibited supermarkets from providing single-use plastic bags to customers, though paper bags would be available for no less than 5 cents each. Even the paper bags provided would have had a minimum of 40 percent post-consumer recycled content."
The plastic bag ban is a tax--finally the State Senate understood that and voted NO. Santa Barbara and other Leftist cities will be banning plastic bags--these are cities that want low cost help, so do not mind taxing the poor to death. Hypocrites.
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