With February over and hopefully bringing Spring to many of us, the status of SB 270 is also changing. As of February 25, 2015 SB 270 has been suspended. Let’s review how we got here: Remember in 2014, the California legislature passed and Governor Brown signed SB 270. This legislation bans single-use plastic bags and […]

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags – SB 270 – today. This makes California the first state in the United States to have a bag ban for the entire state. The legislation was authored by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima). Under SB 270, plastic bags will be […]