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Board raises checkout bag fee to 25¢ and restricts pre‑checkout plastic bags on first reading

3006260 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance to raise the checkout bag charge from 10¢ to 25¢ and require pre‑checkout produce/bulk bags to be compostable or recycled paper, with the change effective July 1, 2020.

The Board of Supervisors passed on first reading July 16 an ordinance increasing San Francisco’s checkout bag charge from 10¢ to 25¢ and prohibiting non‑compostable pre‑checkout bags (such as thin produce bags) beginning July 1, 2020.

Supervisor Norman Yee (appearing in the transcript as "Supervisor Brown" in some…

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