It’s not even California. Just a couple cities. And they haven’t banded straws altogether. Just at sit down restaurants, one of the least likely places for the straw to enter the environment from .
The real story is even crazier. As I understand it, it only covers waitresses that give someone a straw without asking for a straw first.
That is just crazy. To go beyond crazy the maximum penalty is 6 months in jail.
The state is looking legislation too now.
To make it even crazier the is the same house that tried and failed to pass a law that if you could find a doctor that says your crime was a result of an mental illness charges would be dropped and after you finish therapy you would go free, included rape and murder. This cause enough of a uproar that they excluded just some violent crimes. It hasn’t passed yet.
So I guess if your passing out of straws was caused by a mental disorder your ok!
I myself don’t use straws most of the time. Some restaurants here still pass them out by default. I have asked for a straw just because too.
“It’s not even California. Just a couple cities. And they haven’t banded straws altogether. Just at sit down restaurants, one of the least likely places for the straw to enter the environment from .”
Yeah, a “white table cloth restaurant” that gives you a straw with your water and your butter wrapped in tinfoil, is definitely off my list of places to eat. OTOH when you go through the drive-thru, a straw comes in handy. So do, perish the thought, a wad of paper napkins.