**💼 "Paper or Plastic?" No Longer a Question in California—Say Goodbye to Plastic Bags for Good! 🛒💥**
🥳 *The plastic bag has finally lost the battle!* Starting in 2026, California is kicking them out of grocery stores for good, and **Gov. Gavin Newsom** just made it official by signing a new law that bans **ALL plastic shopping bags** statewide. Yep, even those "reusable" thicker ones that somehow found their way into everyone’s *car trunk black hole*. 🚗🛍️ Gone are the days of the classic checkout line showdown: *“Paper or plastic?”* 🥊 Instead, starting in 2026, cashiers will simply say, "Paper or…paper?" 🍃 And if you forget your reusable tote bags (again), don’t worry—you’ll just be joining the club of everyone awkwardly clutching 10 items in their arms because you refuse to pay for a paper bag. 🙃 **📜 How Did We Get Here?** California banned thin plastic bags back in 2016 (so long, produce bags that tear if you breathe on them wrong! 🌬️), but clever companies just started cranking out thicker plastic ones and slapping the word "reusable" on them...
