Environment

California Voters Will Decide Fate Of Plastic Bags

October 28, 2016 | Amy Quinton

Plastic bag manufacturers have placed Propositions 67 and 65 on November's ballot in hopes of keeping their product in the nation's largest market.

PolitiFact California

What’s In The Calif. Bag Fee For The Environment? Opponents: ‘Not One Penny’

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?

Environment

Bag Ban Approved For Sacramento County

April 26, 2016 | Bob Moffitt

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has approved a partial ban on single-use plastic bags.

State Government

Plastic Industry's Unusual Strategy Against California's Bag Ban

December 9, 2015 | Ben Bradford

Californians could see two plastic bag measures on next November’s ballot.

Little Bags Left Out Of Big Bag Ordinance

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.

State Government

Capitol Round-Up: Plastic Bag Ban, Cell Phone 'Kill Switch, And Sexual Assault Policies

August 25, 2014 | Ben Adler | Katie Orr

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the cell phone "kill switch" bill while lawmakers rejected a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags on a busy Monday at the state Capitol.

State Government

California Appropriations Committees Run Through A Range Of Bills

August 14, 2014 | Max Pringle

California legislative committees ran through bills Thursday ranging from plastic-bag use to medical marijuana. (UPDATED: 5:40 p.m.)