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# Urgent Update: Not too Late to Save Calif Plastic Bags Ban
September 04 2014
Written by Rosemary Jenkins.
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ACTION MEMO-Last week [in CityWatch ](https://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/7429-issues-potpourri-split-roll-plastic-bags-food-4-less-and-more%20)I bemoaned the fact that the **statewide ban on single-use plastic bags** had lost in Sacramento for a second year in a row. However, I noted, procedurally there was an opportunity to reconsider the vote before the August 31, 2014, deadline. Lawmakers (under the guidance of **State Senator Alex Padilla**) pursued this option which ultimately saw passage in both houses of the State legislature.
We are close to victory except for one more hurdle: **Governor Brown must sign the bill** sometime within the next 26 days.
Please **call or e-mail his office** asking that he sign into law this piece of legislation that is not only so necessary to improving our environmental conditions but is also a regulation that a majority of Californians endorse.
Contact **Governor Jerry Brown**:
**FAX**: 916- 558-3160
**E-Mail**: gov.ca.gov (press appropriate contact tab to leave a comment)
Make our voices count.
Just sayin’.
***(Rosemary Jenkins is a Democratic activist and chair of the Northeast Valley Green Alliance. Jenkins has written Leticia in Her Wedding Dress and Other Poems, and Vignettes for Understanding Literary and Related Concepts. She also writes for CityWatch.)***
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**CityWatch**
**Vol 12 Issue 72**
**Pub: Sep 5, 2014**
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