Environmental groups are pleased that years of trying to get a single-use plastic bag ban passed in the California Legislature was finally successful.
The effort to pass legislation banning single-use plastic bags lasted for years.
Environmental groups have pushed bills to ban the bags in previous sessions. But this year, after some tweaks to the bill during the session, lawmakers approved it. Dan Jacobson with Environment California says the key this year was cooperation.
"The biggest difference that we had, was when we had opponents to the bill the past couple of years, instead of rejecting what they were saying and just not listening, we sat down and really listened to what the opponents said to us,” Jacobson said.
Now the bill is on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk. Jacobson will not predict whether the governor will sign or veto the bag ban legislation.
