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Manhattan Beach updates bag rules to align with state law, keeps restaurants under local restriction
Summary
City Council adopted an ordinance aligning local code with state law (SB 1053), prohibiting single-use and reusable plastic carryout bags at point-of-sale for affected retailers and requiring recycled-content paper bags; council retained restaurants and mobile vendors under the local restriction (version A).
The City Council on March 3 voted 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. 26-0004 to align Manhattan Beach's carryout-bag regulations with recent state law (SB 1053).
Staff explained the ordinance prohibits distribution of single-use and reusable plastic carryout bags at points of sale for retail and grocery stores and requires any city-allowed carryout bag to be recycled-content paper meeting minimum post-consumer…
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