November 13, 2017 | Julia Mitric
A year after California enacted a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags, environmental groups say early data show a significant dip in plastic trash.
November 3, 2016 | Ben Bradford
A political consultant sees the campaign against soda following the same blueprint as environmentalists who opposed the use of disposable plastic bags in grocery stores.
October 24, 2016 | Ben Bradford
California voters who oppose the death penalty and those who want to challenge the plastic bag industry may accidentally cast ballots against their views.
October 10, 2016
Proposition 65 requires grocery stores to turn over money from sale of reusable bags to a new state fund.
October 3, 2016 | Chris Nichols
The No on 67 campaign says Proposition 67's mandatory 10-cent charge on bags would be a tax and won't go toward funding environmental protections. Is the claim accurate? Does any money from the charge go to environmental causes?
April 26, 2016 | Bob Moffitt
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has approved a partial ban on single-use plastic bags.
March 22, 2016 | Bob Moffitt
UPDATE: (AP) - A majority of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is signaling support for a ban on single-use plastic bags.
December 9, 2015 | Ben Bradford
Californians could see two plastic bag measures on next November’s ballot.
September 8, 2015 | Bob Moffitt
The City of Sacramento wants to change an ordinance that would ban plastic grocery bags starting next year because the new law does not make it clear that small bags are exempt.
February 24, 2015 | Katie Orr
Opponents of the California state-wide plastic bag ban have collected enough signatures to put the law to a test on the ballot. The announcement was made Tuesday.
