Existing law requires, except as otherwise provided, a person who violates any provision of the code to be guilty of a misdemeanor with each offense punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both.
This bill would prohibit a food facility, as specified, where food may be consumed on the premises from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers unless requested by the consumer. By creating a new crime and imposing additional enforcement duties on local health agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1884
(Score: 3, Funny) by meustrus on Saturday January 27 2018, @10:23PM (1 child)
Nanny state or not, if this means the server will stop giving me a new straw for every single refill after seeing me take each one out of the glass, I might have to move back to California.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Saturday January 27 2018, @11:50PM
That's one of the great things about California [ca.gov], though (second bullet point at the top of that page).