The ban of one-use plastic grocery bags put in place by the City of Sacramento is the one of the stupidest things I've ever read about.  The efficacy of the ban has not been studied and can they say it is a ban when you can still use the bags you just have to pay for them now.  PLUS, it's a "ban" on one-use plastic bags but they attached a price to paper bags even though they are only included IN the ban where a .10 charge is involved.

I would totally support environmental causes IF they worked. For example, "BANS" that really mean taxation were passed on cigarettes, yet at this moment there are at least 2 dozen cigarette butt outside my door.  Even if there weren't any outside I have wiped they from my foot inside my home, and inside the grocery store.  That one didn't work did it?

Maybe the city should ban charging $6 and $7 for the reusable bags and charge customers to pay .10 or .25 for these bags for the first 60 days of this "BAN" that really doesn't BAN anything. This country is run on taxes. Taxes spent in retail stores are a big part of that. I know that homeowners pay more than they would like in homeowner taxes. But my generation may not ever be able to own a home, yet we pay retail taxes....a lot of retail taxes.

Let's stop treating consumers as if they are interchangeable parts: One leaves without buying. It's no big deal because 5 more will come along in the other's place. I was told that belief by an employee at Long's Drug Stores before it became CVS.  I was recently told the same thing at that CVS.  consumers are important and vital to our economony...even poor consumers. I can't think of another place where the poor are important factors in state & federal economy.

I was at Bel Air last night in Carmichael and the ban is NOT in effect there, but we should all be carrying our re-usable bags in our trunks. I have about 8, yet they are in my coat closet. They don't work well from there.

Hey, it's just my opinion..........