Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB-888, sponsored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), that will prevent micro-plastic particle abrasives from being used in toothpaste, facial scrubs, exfoliants, cosmetics, soaps, and other items. While other states have passed similar regulations, AB 888 was carefully crafted to avoid any loopholes that would allow for use of potentially harmful substitutes. He added that through this bill, personal care products are guaranteed to be made from environment-friendly alternatives to safeguard oceans and other water bodies.
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A number of companies are replacing microbeads with natural substances such as ground-up fruit pits. Aside from that, the bans were condemned by companies manufacturing personal care products.
In October 2013, the owner of Valley Springs Manor in Castro Valley and numerous facility’s staff abandoned over a dozen residents after the state abruptly shuttered the facility for various violations.
The microbead ban was one of several pieces of legislation Brown signed Thursday in response to concerns about environmental degredation.
Kevin Baker, legislative director for the ACLU of California, said he was prepared to drop opposition until the bill’s author, Sen.
A few Republican lawmakers say voters shouldn’t be forced to sign up.
The Democratic governor urged the university system to make its contracts transparent and demonstrate how it protects the interests of its lower-paid workers.
Brown, a relatively moderate Democrat, has tussled with more liberal forces in the Legislature for years over spending amid the state’s improving budget outlook. The United States government regularly targets for deportation immigrants who have convictions for drug offenses, including offenses that are decades old or resulted in little or no prison time.
“While I support the goal of giving low-level offenders a second-chance, I am concerned that the bill eliminates the most powerful incentive to stay in treatment-the knowledge that judgment will be entered for failure to do so”, Brown said in his message about his decision to veto AB 1351.
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The bills were introduced after the Plains All American Pipeline ruptured underground in May, sending oil onto a beach and into the ocean.
