Santa Barbara authorizes jail time for high capitcy straw distribution

[Mook]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/plastic-straw-ban-santa-barbara-jail-time-punishment/

The city of Santa Barbara has passed an ordinance that will allow restaurant employees to be punished with up to six months of jail time or a $1,000 fine for giving plastic straws to their customers.

The bill was passed unanimously last Tuesday, and covers bars, restaurants, and other food-service businesses. Establishments will still be allowed to hand out plastic stirrers, but only if customers request them.

Santa Barbara’s ordinance “is likely the most severe straw ban in the country,” according to Reason, but it’s far from the only straw ban. Seattle banned plastic straws earlier this month, mandating a a $250 fine for violators. Santa Barbara, however, has gone much further than Seattle — even aside from the harsher punishments its law imposes. Santa Barbara has banned not only plastic straws, but also compostable straws. Oh, and each individual straw counts as a separate infraction, meaning that if someone got busted handing out straws to a table of four people, he or she could end up facing years behind bars.

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[blakbearddelite]

They are terrible for the environment, but the paper straws don't feel right.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

But yet the whappafrappacrappa latte's still have a huge, clear plastic dome lid and their water bottles are still made of plastic.

We really need to saw off California, really!

 

[Mr_Roboto]

but did the straws cause cancer is the most important question.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Kinda like the chicken or the egg... Which came first??

 

[2QuikTA]

But yet the whappafrappacrappa latte's still have a huge, clear plastic dome lid and their water bottles are still made of plastic.

We really need to saw off California, really!

Easier to recycle bottles and I’m sure the lids as they are larger. Small plastic pieces like straws and caps tend to just end up as garbage anyway even if you try to recycle them.

 

[Flyn]

Can't send people to jail for armed robbery but you can for using a straw?

 

[DEEZUZ]

Only in pussified America

 

[boostedguy05]

but did the straws cause cancer is the most important question.

only in CA

 

[sickmint79]

why not just shoot people

They are terrible for the environment, but the paper straws don't feel right.

haven't had many but those i have had notably didn't go the distance even for a single regular sized glass for a meal

 

[zenriddles]

I see a niche market for aluminum reusable straws. Wear it on a lanyard around your neck.
Deluxe model comes with a narrow gauge barrel brush. Maybe some kind of fold up model too.
Multiple straw carrier kind of like a dart case.

 

[VenomousDSG]

"What were you in prison for?"

"I sold someone a plastic straw"

 

[Blood on Blood]

Um, ah yeah, well on to the next topic.

 

[nytebyte]

Six months in jail per straw. Fucking really.
What country are we living in again?

I'd totally like to see them try to arrest someone for that and see the person resist, with force:

Shoot a bunch of straw police dead as they come to make the arrest.

Take hostages in the restaurant and have a three day standoff while the perp demands a getaway bus and a fully fueled 747 at the airport to make his getaway.

Finally the Straw Swat Team goes in and takes the guy out but accidentally kills three hostages in the melee.

All over a plastic straw.

 

[FESTER665]

"We need prison reform, there's too many people locked up for bullshit reasons!"


"We need to send people to prison for use of plastic straws!"


Which one is it ?!?!?!?!

 

[BrianG]

Dump the plastic on California instead of the ocean.

 

[FESTER665]

 

[PANDA]

I am all for places switching to paper straws but I really do not understand why they are so much worse for the environment than any other plastic thing.

 

[m_dogg]

Wheat stem straws
That's what we had back in the day in eastern Europe. Dirt cheap and biodegradable. I always wanted the cool looking plastic ones though lol
Jail time for plastic straws seems ridiculous, no?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

So what happens if YOU, as a customer ASKS for a straw? Is it a setup like a prostitution sting where the 5-O are hiding somewhere in wait, to tackle you and arrest you as you try to leave the establishment?

 

[Flyn]

I feel sorry for the people with broken jaws.

Wonder if they'll have to get a prescription to get straws to eat their liquid food?

Will they be ostracized when they pull out a straw in public?

Will people be hitting the floor and running away from the danger?

 

[Blood on Blood]

So the city hands out condoms, bottle water and needles/syringes, but in turn passes an ordinance that bans plastic straws.

Hmm

 

[DanJ]

We’ve been using the stainless steel straws at home for awhile. They’re nice and the only downside is having to use a brush to clean the inside.

 

[zenriddles]

Dump the plastic on California instead of the ocean.

Can we trade Kalifornia for the giant plastic Island in the Pacific?

The smile of pleasure as it slips under the waves to make room for the floating island which is of far more value to me.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

So special needs individuals do what, spill shit all over themselves? Have to BYOS?


What do they do with the current supply of straws? Seems like a waste to just toss them even in the recycling bin.