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The article focuses on a new bill in California seeking to ban all plastic bags offered at checkout, including the heavy-duty kind, as a response to the unintended negative consequences of the initial plastic bag ban a decade ago.

The article reports on the law signed by California Governor Jerry Brown that gives law enforcement officials, family members and private citizens the rights to seek a gun restraining order from a court against those who pose a threat to the public. It mentions that the state has been the first state across the U.S. to implement such which is significant in addressing suicides and mass shootings. The first statewide ban in using plastic bags was also signed into law by the governor.