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City Journal
Associate editor of the libertarian City Journal, where he writes on education,
California politics and policy
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Ben Boychuk
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FROM Ben Boychuk
Which Way, L.A.?
Playing Politics with Plastic Bags Last year, the legislature passed and Governor Brown signed a ban on plastic bags in California. The ban won't go into effect unless voters approve it -- but that wasn't enough. The plastic bag industry protested and gathered enough signatures to put a measure on next year's ballot, and is now gathering signatures for a second measure — which could lead to widespread confusion. (We asked the plastic bag makers who wrote the initiatives to appear on our program, but they declined our invitation.)
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