For about a year the City of Mountain View, like some other cities, has had the plastic bag ban. It's now going state-wide. SB 270 was recently signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown and would prohibit single-use bags starting in July 2015.Businesses would start charging 10-cent fees to provide customers with reusable or paper bags. The new piece of legislation will also provide up to $2 million in competitive loans (administered by CalRecycle) to businesses transitioning to the manufacture of reusable bags.
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