Year after year, environmentalists try to get a statewide, disposable plastic bag ban passed in Sacramento. And year after year, the measure fails for one reason or another. Some observers thought this year might be different, because more than 100 cities and counties have already passed their own local bans. But no. The bill needed 41 votes to pass, but 33 lawmakers voted against it.
Plastic Bag Ban All But Dead in State Legislature
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