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CAPITOL TELEVISION NEWS SERVICE

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Monday, April 14, 2008

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1. BERKELEY/MARINE BILL...................................VO/SOT

2. GOLD STAR LICENSE PLATES..........................VO/SOT

3. EARTHQUAKE PREDICTIONS?..........................VO/SOT

4. PLASTIC BAG TAX..............................................VO/SOT

5. BIKERS AT CAPITOL...................................................VO

6. RED LIGHT CAMERAS.....................................REQUEST

4. PLASTIC BAG TAX VO/SOT

LIVE: PONDERING PAPER OR PLASTIC AT THE GROCERY STORE COULD SOON BECOME PRICIER. THE ASSEMBLY NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERING TWO DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WOULD REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO PAY 15 OR 25 CENTS PER PLASTIC BAG.

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

VO: (:20) ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE DAVIS'S BILL WOULD CHARGE GROCERY AND PHARMACY CUSTOMERS 25 CENTS PER PLASTIC BAG BEGINNING IN JULY 2009. ASSEMBLYMAN LLOYD LEVINE'S WOULD PLACE A 15 CENTS PER BAG CHARGE STARTING IN MID JULY 2011 IF RETAIL OUTLETS WERE NOT RECYCLING AT LEAST 35 PERCENT OF THEIR PAPER BAGS BY THE END OF 2010 AND 70 PERCENT BY THE END OF 2011. BOTH JUSTIFY HIKING PRICES FOR CUSTOMERS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO AFFORD GROCERIES AS NECESSARY TO CHANGE CALIFORNIANS' BEHAVIOR.

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE DAVIS/D-LOS ANGELES

SOT: (:34)

SAYS: "YOU'LL THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SPEND 25 CENTS ... BEING DIVERTED TO PAY FOR IT."

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN LLOYD LEVINE/D-VAN NUYS

SOT: (:32)

SAYS: "I HATE TO BE SO OPTIMISTIC ... NOW LOOK WHERE WE ARE."

VO TAG: THE MONEY RAISED FROM THESE BILLS WOULD BE USED FOR CLEAN UP OF PLASTIC BAGS THAT COSTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY ACCORDING TO THE BILL'S AUTHORS. STORES WERE RECYCLING TWO PERCENT OF PLASTIC BAGS. SINCE RECYCLING STATIONS BECAME MANDATORY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, FOUR PERCENT OF THE PLASTIC BAGS DISTRIBUTED ARE BEING RECYCLED.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

LEVINE'S BILL IS AB-2058 AND DAVIS'S IS AB-2829. THEY HAVE NOT YET COME UP IN COMMITTEE. CALL VENUS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

EXTRA BITES:

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN LLOYD LEVINE/D-VAN NUYS

SOT: (:22)

SAYS: "THEY'RE EMPTYING THEM IN SOME PLACES ... PUT TEETH INTO THE LAW AS WE GO FORWARD."

SOT: (:37)

SAYS: "IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO BEHAVE THE WAY I WANT THEM TO BEHAVE ... EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS."

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE DAVIS/D-LOS ANGELES

SOT: (:32)

SAYS: "WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT ... OVER USAGE OF THE SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAG."

SOT: (:24)

SAYS: "POOR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO SUFFER THE MOST ... LIMIT THE USE OF THOSE."