California plastic bag ban heads to Jerry Brown

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13. If they're going

to do the bag ban, I think the state's lawmakers should at least arrange it to where customers are given free reusable bags. Right now, people basically have to pay for something that used to be free (either by having to buy reusable bags somewhere or being charged 10-20 cents extra per bag at checkout). That may not seem like much money to pay, but to some people it means a lot, especially those of us who don't have a job and are on a fixed income.
Another problem I see is that reusable bags can gather bacteria (especially when carrying something like meat around), so they need to be washed (unlike plastic and paper bags), and that also costs money. One more thing I want to add here is that some people actually save their plastic bags for use around their homes. For example, I used to use plastic bags for my trash can in my bathroom because regular garbage bags were too large for it. Now I can't even do that anymore because of the local plastic bag ordinance that took effect earlier this year.
I don't like the bag ban and believe there are less inconvenient ways to solve our environmental concerns, but we'll see how this plays out.