Los Angeles Times: Editorial: Does California need another plastic bag ban? It seems so
We think this is the job for Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), who has been the Legislature’s leading champion for reducing plastic waste in recent years and is also dismayed by the “woefully underperforming” bag ban. He is the author of SB 343 and the landmark SB 54 — a law passed last year that will protect the state’s environment by phasing out most unrecyclable plastic packaging, starting in 2028.
