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The plastic bag industry has spent $3.2 million campaigning against the ban, according to Mark Murray of the advocacy group Californians vs. Big Plastic.
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The group has argued that the ban would kill manufacturing jobs and is a gift to big grocers, which would be able to charge customers a few cents for paper bags under the law.
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