November 28, 2008 : We file formal legal objections with the City of San Diego regarding its proposed plastic bag ordinance.November 19, 2008: We file formal legal objections with Santa Clara County, California, regarding its proposed plastic bag ordinance.November 17, 2008: We file a motion for preliminary injunction in Los Angeles Superior Court to stay the effective date of the Manhattan Beach plastic ban ordinance.September 17, 2008: We file formal legal objections with the City of Palo Alto, California, regarding its proposed ordinance banning plastic bags.
August 12, 2008: We file a lawsuit against the City of Manhattan Beach for adopting an ordinance banning plastic bags. The city based its action on a one-sided staff report that cherry-picked facts with the goal of justifying a ban. The city did not prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). We hope that the court will force the city to conduct an objective EIR with the goal of finding the truth.
August 5, 2008: We testify before the California Senate Appropriations Commitee in opposition to Assembly Bill 2058.
July 17, 2008: We file a lawsuit against Los Angeles County for adopting a phased ban of plastic bags. The county based its action on a one-sided staff report that cherry-picked facts with the goal of justifying a ban. The county did not prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). We hope that the court will force the county to conduct an objective EIR with the goal of finding the truth.
July 1, 2008: The Manhattan Beach City Council holds a hearing to vote on the proposed ordinance to ban plastic bags. On the day of the hearing, we file further supplemental legal objections. We testify at the City Council hearing. The City Council votes and adopts the ordinance to ban plastic bags based on misinformation. (We plan to sue to invalidate the ordinance as the City failed to prepare an Environmental Impact Report prior to adopting the ordinance and to assert other legal challenges.)
June 18, 2008: We file formal legal objections with the City of Manhattan Beach.
June 10, 2008: We send a second letter to the City of Manhattan Beach complaining about the conduct of the June 3, 2008 City Council hearing.
June 3, 2008: The City of Manhattan Beach, California, holds a hearing on a proposed ordinance to ban plastic carryout bags. Prior the hearing, we sent a letter to the city threatening litigation as the council was planning to vote based on a staff report that was full of misinformation. The City Council decided to defer the vote due to the threat of litigation.
June 3, 2008: SaveThePlasticBag.com is formed.
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