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  1. Signatures
    872 out of 1,000
    Petitioning
    1. Councilmember (+ 6 others)
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      • Councilmember (Randy Rowse)
      • Mayor, City of Santa Barbara (Helene Schneider)
      • Councilmember (Grant House)
      • Councilmember (Bendy White)
      • Councilmember (Dale Francisco)
      • Councilmember (Frank Hotchkiss)
      • Councilmember (Michael Self)
  2. Created By
    Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
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Californians use over 19 billion plastic grocery bags every year - about 550 bags per person. This translates into 150,000 tons of waste filling up our landfills and ending up on our beaches, creeks and roadsides as litter.  Taxpayers and local governments spend millions of dollars to clean-up this unsightly litter.  Cities and counties across California and the nation are taking action to prevent plastic bag pollution by banning disposable plastic shopping bags, and it’s time that Santa Barbara joins the growing effort to address this costly environmental problem.

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Ban plastic bags in the City of Santa Barbara

Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,

I am concerned about the environmental and economic costs associated with disposable bag use. Cities and counties across California and the nation are taking action to prevent plastic bag pollution by banning disposable plastic shopping bags (as well as placing a nominal fee on paper bags), and it’s time that Santa Barbara joins the growing effort to address this costly environmental problem. I strongly support and urge you to enact a plastic bag ban in Santa Barbara as soon as possible.

[Your name]

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