Thank you so much to everyone who came out in support today for the unveiling of AB1690, our bill to ban the sale of single-use vaping devices and tobacco filters!
I want to thank my fellow joint authors Assemblymember Mark Stone and Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris for being at our press conference today, as well as Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, Assemblymember Bill Quirk, and Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath for also joining us today. My thanks to Heidi Sanborn and our sponsors, the National Stewardship Action Council for all the incredible work you have done already to support this bill. And thank you to Dr. Thomas Novotny from the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project and Nicholas Mallos from the Ocean Conservancy for joining us today in support of the bill!
We have an incredible coalition for this legislation and I also want to thank our co-authors, Assemblymember Phil Ting, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Assemblymember Laura Friedman, Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, Senator Josh Becker, Senator Monique Limón, Senator Josh Newman, Senator Anthony Portantino, Scott Wiener, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblymember Alex Lee, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, Assemblymember Marc Berman, and Assemblymember Kevin McCarty.
This is the year we get rid of these single-use products that are nothing but a blight on our society. With AB 1690, we can keep California healthy and clean.
