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Kansen Chu leads effort to ban all grocery bags in San Jose

In a recent study by Paul Ong at UCLA, 83% of Asian Americans in California considered themselves environmentalists. You could say that San Jose City Councilman Kansen Chu is one of them. Kansen has started the ball rolling on a ban of all grocery bags in the city. He first got the idea in Taiwan when a grocer charged him for a plastic bag.


Congressman Honda Seeks Feedback

honda Now that President Obama has signed the