Plastic bags are not an economic question. Most voters in the Bay Area do not want them used at all. Local ordinances against plastic bags have wide-spread popular support.<p>Plastic shopping bags cause serious problems for sea life as well as some terrestrial creatures. Plus they result in pervasive, long-lasting litter that most of us in the Bay Area are sick of looking at. There are simple alternatives like bringing reusable bags that make these problems go away.<p>This is is not an ill-considered initiative by some faceless bureaucrat.  At least in my county most of the predicted benefits have been achieved with minimal inconvenience to the citizenry. [1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oaklandnorth.net&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;22&#x2F;alameda-county-ordinance-banning-plastic-bags-could-go-statewide&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oaklandnorth.net&#x2F;2014&#x2F;09&#x2F;22&#x2F;alameda-county-ordinance...</a>