California Democrats considering passing law to jail waiters who offer unsolicited straws (Sacramento: deposit, bills)

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Jail time for straws, slap on the wrist for car break ins...

Or if you claim to be mentally unstable, etc no jail time at all, just a mental review and maybe 2 years in rehab. Hey claim to have PTSD if you get arrested for using a straw.

[ben young]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Yeah, Che Guevara was a huge fan of taking groups of people outside, and shooting them. But if you do that, who would be the "authoritarian" one left standing?

SHhh , Ruth this is a Cali forum can't talk about The Guevara like that.

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by Des-Lab

Puh lease. NOBODY....repeat NOBODY is going to try and tell either of those countries what they should or should not do. Both countries collectively have the entire US by the short hairs. They'll tell us to go pound sand and there's absolutely nothing we can or will be able to do about it.


So CA, being the pedantic little bully that it is, is going to go after the proverbial low hanging fruit/easy target to give the illusion/impression of "being proactive/progressive".

Yeah, you're pretty much right.

[Dane_in_LA]

And another half-truth is added to the Offended Right's collection of things they don't understand but are very, very upset about.

[HappyinCali]

I am willing to bet $1000 to anyone in this thread that there will NOT be a SINGLE waiter jailed over this.

[Mike930]

With all the problems in this state, I’m glad we’re finally tackling the plastic straw issue. I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve laid awake worried and fretting about the number of straws that will be used the following day. It’s the stuff of nightmares.

[Ceece]

I love how hard our elected officials work at turning us all into criminals. It's really quite impressive.

[spoonman1]

Lock’em up!!

If anyone should be caught using or distributing straws, or balloons, or using water, or not using the correct liberal talking points or not using the correct liberal gender pronouns, they should be jailed and burned at the stake, but not before being charged a carbon tax for the pollution arising from being burned at the stake.

I think we are getting closer to liberal utopia. I can feel the good vibes. lol

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA

And another half-truth is added to the Offended Right's collection of things they don't understand but are very, very upset about.

Like reusable bag laws. Horrors! Call the cavalry!

[JGC97]

Banning straws. How dumb. If the lawmakers in Sacramento want to do something really worthwhile, they should hold funding to cities who refuse to clean up the garbage piling up in areas of their community. This type of thing is happening all over the state.