Governor Gavin Newsom’s new plastic bag ban will not go into effect for another couple of years, but some Fresno shoppers are already reacting to the new legislation. Some shoppers say they are already using reusable,

We deserve a cleaner future for our communities, our children and our earth,” California Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, one of the principal coauthors of the bill, said in a statement. “It’s time for us to get rid of these plastic bags and continue to move forward with a more pollution-free environment.

Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom

California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made with a thicker plastic that purportedly made them

California state governor Gavin Newsom announced that from 2026, all plastic bags will be banned at all grocery store checkouts.