In California Cities and Counties have been implementing plastic bag bans. Along with that come lawsuits. Recently, San Francisco’s bag ordinance won its latest and final legal battle when the California Supreme Court unanimously rejected a petition to review a Court of Appeals ruling. The appellate ruling in December affirmed a lower court ruling that […]
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Every day, new cities, counties and states contemplate bag regulations. They also are reviewing what issues they may face if such an ordinance is implemented. Recently the City of San Francisco closed their court case on bag regulations. The California’s Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, affirmed San Francisco’s plastic bag ban and upheld a lower […]
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Bag regulations are in full foliage this fall. And the state of California is still leading the way. Beginning Oct. 1, restaurants in San Francisco are restricted from handing out single-use plastic bags for take-out and delivery. They are required to switch to compostable plastic, paper or reusable bags. The San Francisco ordinance was expanded […]
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In February, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted to expand a bag ordinance passed in 2007 that would ban supermarkets and chain store pharmacies from providing single-use, non-compostable plastic bags to their customers. That ordinance is now being challenged in court on the grounds that the city failed to follow the requirements of the California […]
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