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Plastic bags banned in San Luis Obispo County I The Tribune & SanLuisObispo.com Page 3 of 7 <br /> Officials with the waste authority and environmentalists who have promoted the proposal <br /> point out that millions of plastic bags are used countywide and that many are not reused. <br /> Environmentalists have been aggressively persuading local governments to adopt similar <br /> ordinances and have succeeded in dozens of cities and towns across the United States. <br /> In 2007, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to ban the free distribution of <br /> plastic bags. <br /> Other cities and counties across the country have followed, including Seattle,Portland,Ore., <br /> San Jose, Los Angeles County,and Washington, D.C. Smaller cities such as Santa Monica, <br /> Long Beach, Carpinteria and Fairfax have enacted some form of ban or limitation on the use <br /> of plastic bags. <br /> How they voted ... <br /> Voting YES: <br /> • Arroyo Grande City Councilman Tim Brown <br /> • County Supervisor Bruce Gibson <br /> • County Supervisor Adam Hill <br /> • County Supervisor Jim Patterson <br /> • Grover Beach City Councilwoman Phyllis Molnar <br /> • Pismo Beach City Councilman Ted Ehring <br /> • San Luis Obispo City Councilman John Ashbaugh <br /> • Templeton Community Services District board member Greg O'Sullivan, representing <br /> services districts countywide <br /> Voting NO: <br /> • Atascadero City Councilman Tom O'Malley <br /> • County Supervisor Frank Mecham <br /> • County Supervisor Paul Teixeira <br /> • Morro Bay City Councilwoman Carla Borchard <br /> • Paso Robles City Councilman John Hamon <br /> SHARE THIS STORY: <br /> +e <br /> 4 r". ■ 0 0 ti) L..l 260 <br /> About comments <br /> Reader comments on santulsobispo.com are the opinions of the writer,not The Tribune.If you see an objectionable <br /> comment,click the"report abuse"button below it.We will delete comments containing inappropriate links,obscenities, <br /> hate'speech,and personal attacks.Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. <br /> http://www.sanluisobispo.com/20 1 2/01/1 1/1 903 626/plastic-bag-ban-san-Luis-obispo.html 1/17/2012 <br />