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Council adopts ordinance aligning local bag rules with California law; one no vote
Summary
Certino amended its municipal code to align with state law banning thicker single-use plastic checkout bags and requiring recycled-content paper bags (minimum 10 cents), adopting the ordinance despite one dissenting vote concerned about retail costs and public-health trade-offs.
The Certino City Council voted April 21 to amend the city's single-use carryout bag ordinance to conform to recent state requirements, eliminating the thicker plastic bags that had been treated as reusable under earlier law.
Environmental Program Manager Ursula Cairo told the council the state (Senate Bill 1053) now requires that checkout single-use bags, if…
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