SB270 – The California Bag Ban: Part I
by Taylor S. McLoughlin Senate Bill 270 (SB270), signed by Governor Jerry Brown in September of 2014, is slated to go into effect July 1, 2015. The landmark legislation would require consumers to use reusable bags at grocery stores or purchase paper bags for 10 cents each. However, SB270’s likelihood of going into full effect July 1 of 2015 is looking less and less likely. Following the September signing of the bill, a plastic bag manufacturing trade group called American Pro