California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 1035 into law, which effectively bans grocery stores from offering plastic bags at checkout. CALPIRG was involved in these efforts, so KCSB’s Joyce Chi talked to Hudson Truchard and Sofia Perez of UCSB CALPIRG to find out more.

California Passes Plastic Bag Ban for Store Checkouts

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