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Taking a cue from SF, California Legislature bans plastic bags and offers paid sick leave

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California has become the second state in the country to ban single-use plastic bags.


California lawmakers took two big steps forward last week, passing a statewide plastic bag ban and a measure providing workers with three sick days a year, both issues borrowed from San Francisco. California is the second state to pass each bill, with Hawaii banning plastic bags in January of this year and Connecticut enacting a similar sick leave measure in 2012.Read more »


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