CA Assembly approve ban on single-use plastic bags, now to the state Senate

Hopefully this bill gets passed. A step towards improvement:

A bill that would ban plastic and other single-use bags from a variety of stores took a big step today. The California State Assembly approved AB 1998 in a 41-27 vote. Under the legislation, the ban will “eliminate single-use bag litter, which pollutes oceans, beaches, parks and communities and endanger wildlife”, according to the bill's author Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica).

http://laist.com/2010/06/02/banning_single-use_bags_in_stores_a.php