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LA City Council to vote on plastic bag ban
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Jun 18, 2013
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LA City Council to vote on plastic bag ban
Today the Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote on whether to ban single use plastic bags. The proposed law was first introduced two years ago by Councilmen Paul Koretz and Paul Krekorian.
The wind blows a plastic bag around the beach near the Manhattan Beach Pier on August 21, 2008 in the Los Angeles area city of Manhattan Beach, California. A group of about 10 plastic manufacturers and retailers calling themselves the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition has filed suit against the city of Manhattan Beach over a ban on plastic bags given out by stores. Ironically, the group is asking a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to block the ban on grounds that the city violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not fully analyzing the environmental effects of such a ban. The ban comes on the heels of a policy recently approved by the Los Angeles City Council to ban plastic bags in their city by 2010 if the state does not impose a 25-cent fee on shoppers who request plastics carrying bags.
The wind blows a plastic bag around the beach near the Manhattan Beach Pier on August 21, 2008 in the Los Angeles area city of Manhattan Beach, California.
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Today the Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote on whether to ban single use plastic bags. The proposed law was first introduced two years ago by Councilmen Paul Koretz and Paul Krekorian.

Today the Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote on whether to ban single use plastic bags. The proposed law was first introduced two years ago by Councilmen Paul Koretz and Paul Krekorian. 

For more on this we're joined now by KPCC's Environmental Reporter Molly Peterson.