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Plastic bag ban could be overturned at the ballot box in 2016

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APBA

December 29, 2014

Contact: Lisa Page, 916-288-2208

STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE BAG ALLIANCE ON SUBMISSION OF SIGNATURES FOR REFERENDUM TO REPEAL SENATE BILL 270

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) issued the following update from Executive Director Lee Califf on the signature gathering effort to qualify a referendum against SB 270.

“The APBA has collected more than 800,000 signatures from California voters and will be submitting the final petitions to county registrars by today’s December 29th deadline. We are confident the Secretary of State’s office will verify the required 504,760 signatures to qualify the referendum for the November 2016 ballot. Continue reading→

Pro plastic bag faction seeks to repeal ban via a ballot referendum in 2016

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APBA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2014
Contact:  Lisa Page, 916-288-2208, lisa.page@edelman.com

Statement from the American Progressive Bag Alliance on intent to repeal senate bill 270 through referendum

Sacramento, Calif. – The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) issued the following statement from Executive Director Lee Califf in response to Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to sign SB 270 (Padilla) into law.

“The approval of SB 270 by the California legislature and Governor Jerry Brown could serve as a case study for what happens when greedy special interests and bad government collide in the policymaking process. Continue reading→

Assembly advances bill that will ban plastic bags statewide

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APBA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2014

Contact: Ioannis Kazanis, 916-505-1891

STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE BAG ALLIANCE ON CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY’S VOTE TO ADVANCE STATEWIDE PLASTIC BAG BAN

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) issued the following statement from Executive Director Lee Califf after the California State Assembly voted 44-29 to advance Senator Alex Padilla’s statewide plastic bag ban, SB 270, which now moves to the State Senate floor for a concurrence vote.

“It’s disappointing that members of the Assembly voted to advance a bill that threatens 2,000 California manufacturing jobs, hurts consumers and puts billions of dollars into the pockets of grocers – without providing any benefit to the environment. Continue reading→

Statement from the American Progressive Bag Alliance on SB 270

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APBA

August 21, 2014

Contact: Ioannis Kazanis, 916-505-1891

STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE BAG ALLIANCE ON SB 270 AMENDMENTS AND AUGMENTED SACRAMENTO ADVOCACY TEAM

SACRAMENTO – The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) issued the below statement from its executive director, Lee Califf, following the inclusion of two new amendments to SB 270 (Padilla), the proposed statewide plastic bag ban.

One amendment suggests the bill will prevent grocers from passing on profits from the fees placed on thicker plastic and paper bags to company shareholders, but would still allow the grocers to keep the profits in their stores. The other amendment simply clarified that $2 million in funding to plastic bag manufacturers for retooling factories and retraining workers would come only as a loan, not as a grant as the bill previously suggested. Continue reading→

Assembly Committee votes to move forward with California plastic bag ban

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APBA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 14, 2014

Contact: Ioannis Kazanis 916-505-1891

STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE BAG ALLIANCE ON CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROPOSED STATEWIDE PLASTIC BAG BAN

CHICAGO, ILL. – The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) issued the following statement from its executive director, Lee Califf, after the California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee voted to move a proposed statewide plastic bag ban, SB 270 (Padilla), on to a full Floor vote.

“The Assembly Appropriations Committee has made a shortsighted decision in supporting a bill that will hurt the environment, consumers and workers. This decision is a direct threat to the jobs of the nearly 2,000 hard-working Californians employed by the state’s plastic bag manufacturing and recycling industry. Continue reading→

California’s proposed plastic bag ban will kill thousands of manufacturing jobs

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2014

Contact: Ioannis Kazanis, Phone: 916-505-1891

CALIFORNIA PLASTIC BAG MANUFACTURERS, WORKERS, SENIORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST PLASTIC BAG BAN

SACRAMENTO – Representatives and workers from California plastic bag manufacturing and recycling companies, along with seniors and community leaders, convened at the State Capitol today to call on the State Legislature to reject SB 270 (Padilla), which would ban 100 percent recyclable plastic retail bags and allow grocers to charge a minimum 10-cents for paper and thicker plastic bags.

“This bill has nothing to do with the environment. It is a cash grab by corporate grocery shareholders and the whole thing is being helped along by Senator Padilla,” said Gary Halvorsen, Western Region Sales Manager at Crown Poly. “All that’s going to happen if SB 270 passes is that consumers will pay more at the checkout and 2,000 plastic bag industry workers, including the 300 I work with at Crown Poly, could be left without a job.” Continue reading→