Absurd proposed law is just clutching at straws

A bill making it illegal for restaurants to provide straws to customers before they’ve asked for them was approved by the state Assembly last week.
“By removing the default behavior of providing straws with every drink, a consumer is given the chance to make a deliberate, small change that will lessen the harmful impacts of discarded plastic straws in our environment,” said Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon, D-Whittier, who authored AB1884.
If enacted into law, AB1884 would