To read the staff reports that introduced the plastic bag ordinance for City Council approval, please download the following documents:

• April 1, 2014 Staff Report Approving Ordinance 14-0004
• March 18, 2014 Staff Report Introducing Ordinance 14-0004 (PDF)
  
• April 17, 2012 Staff Report Introducing Ordinance NO. 2158 (PDF)
• July 1, 2008 Staff Report Introducing Ordinance NO. 2115 (PDF)
• July 15, 2008 Staff Report Adopting Ordinance NO. 2115  (PDF)

• Ordinance NO. 2115 to Prohibit the Use of Plastic Carry-Out Bags  (PDF)

• Manhattan Beach June 2008 CEQA Initial Study and Negative Declaration (PDF)
• August 12, 2008 Save the Plastic Bag Coalition Petition (PDF)
• An Overview of Carry-Out Bags in Los Angeles County  (PDF)
• January 27, 2010 Appellate Court Decision (PDF)

• 6/5/08      Daily Breeze: Manhattan Beach Holds Off on Plastic Bag Ban (PDF)
• 6/5/08      Easy Reader: Suit Hinders City Plan on Plastic Bags (PDF)
• 7/2/08      Daily Breeze: MB is First in South Bay to Ban Plastic Sacks (PDF)
• 7/3/08      Beach Reporter: City is Second in SoCal to Ban Plastic Bags (PDF)
• 7/3/08      Easy Reader: No More Plastic Bags in Manhattan (PDF)
• 7/10/08    Daily Breeze: A Bag-Ban Experiment, editorial (PDF)
• 8/18/08    Daily Breeze: Plastic-Bag Coalition Sues Manhattan (PDF)
• 8/20/08    Beach Reporter: Plastic Bag Advocates Hope to Sack Ban (PDF)
• 8/21/08    Easy Reader: Manhattan Sued for Plastic Bag Ban (PDF)
• 12/31/08  Beach Reporter: Another Potential Setback (PDF)
• 2/20/09    Daily Breeze: Judge Shelves Plastic Bag Ban (PDF)
• 2/25/09    Beach Reporter: Plast Bag Ban Postponed (PDF)
• 2/26/09    Easy Reader: Judge Axes Plastic Bag Ban (PDF)
• 3/5/09      Daily Breeze: Manhattan Beach to Appeal (PDF)
• 3/12/09    Easy Ready: City Will Appeal Bag Decision (PDF)
• 01/2011   Los Angeles Lawyer: The California Supreme Court’s Recent Flood of CEQA Decisions pp. 16-18 (PDF)
• 04/07/11  Californians Against Waste: CA Supreme Court to Hear Manhattan Beach Plastic Bag Case on May 4

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