La la land: Plastic bags to be banned in LA grocery stores; the followup paper bag ban "may not even be necessary"; no word yet on whether reusable bags or groceries themselves will eventually be banned

Historic News as L.A. Bans Plastic Bags in Stores | Ecorazzi

Once the plastic bag ban ordinance is enacted, larger stores will have six months to stop handing out plastic bags and smaller markets will have 12 months. After that, retailers would be required to charge 10 cents for each paper bag they provide to customers.

“My hope is that so few paper bags will be used as a result of this measure that the formal ban … on paper bags may not even be necessary,” said Councilman Paul Koretz, who initially had hoped to prohibit paper as well.