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Board delays vote on citywide checkout-bag law after debate over outreach and fee
Summary
Supervisors debated expanding San Francisco’s plastic bag restrictions to all retailers and adding a 10¢ checkout charge. After amendments to narrow increases and lengthen implementation time, the board voted to continue the ordinance for further outreach to small businesses and multilingual communities.
San Francisco supervisors debated an ordinance Dec. 6 that would extend existing restrictions on single‑use plastic checkout bags to all retail and food establishments and require retailers to implement a checkout-bag charge.
The measure, introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, would expand the city’s earlier plastic‑bag law to additional retailers, set a 10¢ per bag charge beginning in February 2014, and include exemptions for identified uses such as bulk and loose items. Mirkarimi said the fee and exemptions were modeled on other jurisdictions and meant to discourage both plastic and excess paper bag use.
Supporters argued the expansion targets…
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