Editing Drinking straw (section)

=====California=====
On 7 November 2017, the city of [[Santa Cruz, California]], implemented a ban on all non-recyclable to-go containers, straws, and lids but allowed for 6 months for all businesses to come into compliance before enforcement would occur.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/Home/Components/News/News/5669/36|title=City Newsroom - the City of Santa Cruz|website=www.cityofsantacruz.com|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> On 1 January 2018, the city of [[Alameda, California]], citing the Santa Cruz effort, implemented an immediate ban on all straws, except if requested by a customer, and gave business until 1 July 2018, when it would be required that all straws to be of compostable paper and that all other to-go containers be recyclable.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://alamedaca.gov/go-green/news/2017/12/18/straws-upon-request-new-year |title=Straws Upon Request in the New Year |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804110129/https://alamedaca.gov/go-green/news/2017/12/18/straws-upon-request-new-year |archive-date=4 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamedaca.gov/GOVERNMENT/Initiatives/Go-Green|title=Go Green|website=City of Alameda|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=4 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504224007/https://www.alamedaca.gov/GOVERNMENT/Initiatives/Go-Green|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A statewide [[California]] law restricting the providing of single-use plastic straws went into effect on 1 January 2019.<ref name=cnbc>{{cite news |last= Daniels |first= Jeff |title= California governor signs bill to reduce plastic straw use, cut waste 'choking our planet' |date= 21 September 2018 |access-date= 21 November 2018 |website= [[CNBC]] |url= https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/california-gov-jerry-brown-signs-bill-to-reduce-plastic-straw-use.html}}</ref> Under the law, restaurants are only allowed to provide single-use plastic straws upon request. The law applies to sit-down restaurants but exempts fast-food restaurants, delis, coffee shops, and restaurants that do takeout only.<ref name=filloon>{{cite news |last= Filloon |first= Whitney |title= California Bans Restaurants From Automatically Giving Out Plastic Straws |date= 21 September 2018 |access-date= 21 November 2018 |website= [[Eater (website)|Eater]] |url= https://www.eater.com/2018/9/21/17886256/california-straw-ban-plastic}}</ref> The law does not apply to-go cups and takeaway drinks.<ref>{{cite web |last= Brueck |first= Hilary |title= California just became the first US state to ban plastic straws in restaurants—unless customers ask |date= 21 September 2018 |access-date= 21 November 2018 |website= [[Business Insider]] |url= https://www.businessinsider.com/california-straw-ban-restaurants-what-you-need-to-know-2018-9}}</ref> A restaurant will receive warnings for its first two violations, then a $25 per day fine for each subsequent violation, up to a maximum of $300 in a year.<ref>{{cite news |last= Koseff |first= Alexei |title= You'll have to ask if you want a plastic straw in California under new law |date= 20 September 2018 |access-date= 21 November 2018 |newspaper= [[The Sacramento Bee]] |url= https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article218750285.html}}</ref> In a statement released upon his signing the legislation into law, then-Governor [[Jerry Brown]] said "It is a very small step to make a customer who wants a plastic straw ask for it. And it might make them pause and think again about an alternative. But one thing is clear, we must find ways to reduce and eventually eliminate single-use plastic products."<ref>{{cite web |last= Brown |first= Edmund G. Jr. |author-link= Jerry Brown |title= Assembly Bill 1884 Signing Message |date= 20 September 2018 |access-date= 21 November 2018 |website= [[Governor of California]] |url= https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AB-1884-signing-message.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180921222201/https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AB-1884-signing-message.pdf |archive-date= 21 September 2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Local regulations have also been passed in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]], [[Davis, California|Davis]] and [[San Luis Obispo, California]].<ref name="market_nyc" />