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On second try, California plastic bag ban passes Assembly
Fresno Bee ^ | August 28, 2014 | BY JEREMY B. WHITE

Posted on 08/28/2014 4:27:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

With a prominent grocery workers’ union back in support, the California Assembly voted on Thursday to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.

Just days after the measure could not muster the 41 votes needing to pass, falling short at 38, it passed on a 44-29 vote. Seven Democrats who withheld votes on the previous attempt pivoted to vote aye.

Lawmakers turned back Senate Bill 270 on Monday as the United Food and Commercial Workers Union withdrew crucial labor backing for the sweeping prohibition. Central to the union’s reversal was a provision allowing grocery stores to offer paper or reusable bags for a minimum 10-cent fee.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bags; california; nannystate
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1 posted on 08/28/2014 4:27:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

they refer to these as single use. Of course many people use them a few imps for various reasons.

We have various nice pieces of luggage, but I use double bags for carry on books, papers, etc. My wife can’t stand it.

I guess we’ll all be using energy to wash the germs out of those reusable canvas bags every week.


2 posted on 08/28/2014 4:30:39 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Idiots!


3 posted on 08/28/2014 4:30:49 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No such thing as a “single use” plastic bag in my home. They are re-used for a variety of purposes. All of them. If I lived in CA /spit, I’d have to buy more plastic bags. Idiots.

/Thank God I no longer live in the People’s Republic of California!


4 posted on 08/28/2014 4:31:39 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: piytar
Berkley on the Colorado.... er... Austin went the same way. No plastic bags.

That's ok. I buy them by the thousands and I'm not in Austin frequently anyway. I make sure that when I am there, I take my own plastic bags and make a show of using them.

/johnny

5 posted on 08/28/2014 4:38:25 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Most things in a store come in cardboard boxes which can be used to carry things home. Boxes are nicer than plastic bags, and they can be used again when it’s time to pack up and move out of California.


6 posted on 08/28/2014 4:46:46 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If these idiots were so worried about plastic bags doing environmental damage then why didn’t they pass a proposed law requiring all open hauling trucks to have covers? They killed that piece of legislation.

And if they were really worried about plastic despoiling California why don’t they get all the welfare recipients off their arses and down to their local dumps to sort all of the recyclables out of the trash? There is no reason why any plastic, paper, or glass should end up in a landfill in America when we have this many loafers in our midst. Sort garbage or no check!


7 posted on 08/28/2014 4:49:00 PM PDT by anonsquared
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I prefer the plastic bags. Easy to carry. Also reuse them.
California is stuck on stupid and deserves what it gets. Sorry for the Conservatives who must live there.


8 posted on 08/28/2014 4:49:31 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
it takes SEVEN trucks to haul the same amount of paper bags that ONE truck can haul of plastic bags... and prolly seven times the processing to make them

but the RATS love the environment, feh...

9 posted on 08/28/2014 4:50:18 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dumb. My folks taught me to save the plastic bags and use them for a variety of purposes. Small trash bin linings, packing material, litter box cleanings and shocking as it might seem to California’s legislature: to carry in them things other than the items I purchased when I first got them. Wotta concept, huh?


10 posted on 08/28/2014 4:50:43 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What will the Bag Ladies, err, Street People, err Homeless do?


11 posted on 08/28/2014 4:54:52 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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If and when I think of it, I ask for paper bags. Kills more trees, soaks up bacon grease, and hides my ugly head throughout the week.


12 posted on 08/28/2014 4:55:46 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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I wonder how much the dog poop bag makers contributed to these worthless sacks of skin in the legislature...


13 posted on 08/28/2014 4:59:08 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: JRandomFreeper
The Commonweath Communist of Massachusetts, also. The town of Brookline banned plastic bags due to false information and those paper bags are effing annoying.
14 posted on 08/28/2014 5:05:56 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: morphing libertarian

i use mine as garbage bags afterwards, liners for smaller cans.


15 posted on 08/28/2014 5:30:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We remember what horrible people we were when the liberals put in the plastic bags law in attempt to save the forests, and were so horrified when we demanded paper bags at the grocer store, and still do. “Save the trees they screamed” in unison. “Keep the filthy loggers out of our forests” they demanded. “YOU are killing all the trees” they told us.

Today the libs are passing laws to eliminate their plastic bag laws.


16 posted on 08/28/2014 5:43:06 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: morphing libertarian

“Single use” my eye. When I could still get them here in San Jose I used to use them to line the wastebaskets in the kitchen and bathroom.


17 posted on 08/28/2014 5:45:53 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Keep in the forefront of your mind ... arguing with a Progressive is like arguing with a fence post.


18 posted on 08/28/2014 5:48:42 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (If you are reading this then you are probably one of the NWO designated 6.5 billion excess people.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does anyone remember when the enviros were screaming for everyone to use plastic bags to save trees and how that was going to save the world?

There is an interesting story about giving Tesla a pass on conforming to environmental regs for their battery factory.

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-tesla-incentives-20140812-story.html

Funny how they scream for equality and exercise special privilege.


19 posted on 08/28/2014 5:51:17 PM PDT by rey
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I never throw one away either unless it's too dirty or torn to keep. Besides other uses, I use them for packaging instead of styrofoam peanuts or paper which is heavier. I ship to the People's Republic of California sometimes. Do you think they will have the USPS stop any boxes from coming across the border and search for plastic bags?
20 posted on 08/28/2014 6:01:45 PM PDT by MagnoliaB
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