On April 21, 2015 the Huntington Beach City Council voted 6 to 1 to repeal the city’s two year old plastic bag ban and put an end to the government mandate that a private business charge their customers a fee of 10-cents for each paper bag. The Huntington Beach City Council must now schedule a second reading in 30 days before the repeal can be officially adopted. (Sharon, 2015)

Last January, the Huntington Beach City Council voted 6 to 1 to start the process of repealing the city’s plastic bag ban. Council-members Mike Posey, Erik Peterson, Billy O’Connell, Barbara Delgleize, Dave Sullivan, and Jim Katapodis voted to repeal the ordinance and Mayor Jill Hardy voted to keep the ban. See Huntington Beach votes to repeal plastic bag ban.

This is a clear victory for freedom and liberty and the ability of consumers to make their own choice as to what kind of bag they take their groceries home in.

Bibliography

Sharon, K. (2015, April 20). Are plastic bags back in Huntington Beach? Retrieved from http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bags-658794-plastic-ban.html