California Bans Plastic Bags 8.32K Hamilton Nolan 06/03/10 10:06AM Filed to: Hippies Hippies Environmentalists plastic bags Shopping The California Assembly has voted to ban plastic bags from stores, and to charge a nickel for paper bags. That's 19 billion plastic bags a year, outlawed. The real victims: cheap bastards, like you. Buy a Ziploc, you cheap bastard.