{"id":15541,"date":"2019-04-22T00:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T07:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15541"},"modified":"2019-04-22T00:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T07:34:40","slug":"first-they-came-for-the-drinking-straws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/04\/22\/first-they-came-for-the-drinking-straws\/","title":{"rendered":"First They Came For The Drinking Straws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;California, where <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/07\/30\/criminalizing-the-drinking-straw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">banning plastic straws<\/a> is all the rage, and where there have been serious attempts to ban everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/01\/21\/banning-the-receipt-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">printed receipts<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/10\/09\/california-considering-banning-internal-combustion-engines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">internal combustion engine<\/a>, is not pushing forward with an initiative to make it illegal for hotels to give you those <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2019\/04\/09\/tiny-bottle-ban-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">little bottles of shampoo<\/a>, condition, and\/or lotion. And if they do, they&#8217;ll get a fine of up to $2000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This new Chapter 6.1 of the Public Resources Code (really?), adds section 42372 (that&#8217;s a lot of sections!) to <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read<\/a>, in part: &#8220;<em>A lodging establishment shall not provide a small plastic bottle containing a personal care product to a person staying in a sleeping room accommodation, in any space within the sleeping room accommodation, or in an area that is shared by the public or guests.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/woman-using-shampoo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/woman-using-shampoo.jpg 426w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/woman-using-shampoo-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, they encourage &#8220;bulk dispensers&#8221;, but at this point is there any doubt that eventually they will ration how much they dispense? Let&#8217;s just hope they don&#8217;t do the same with the toilet paper&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The bill, as of posting, can be read below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View CA AB1162 (2019) on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/406064209\/CA-AB1162-2019#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CA AB1162 (2019)<\/a> by <a title=\"View 's profile on Scribd\" href=\"undefined#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"CA AB1162 (2019)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/406064209\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;show_recommendations=false&#038;access_key=key-Zjx5bA5aoldPT3Hwnrm3\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"null\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"First They Came For The Drinking Straws\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"California, where banning plastic straws is all the rage, and where there have been serious attempts to ban everything from printed receipts to the internal combustion engine, is not pushing forward with an initiative to make it illegal for hotels to give you those little bottles of shampoo, condition, and\/or lotion.  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