California Senate approves pointless bill to micromanage straw dispensing in some places

Editor’s note: Breaking views are thoughts from individual members of the editorial board on today’s headlines.
On Monday, the California state Senate voted 25-12 in support of a proposal to prohibit full-service restaurants, but not fast-food restaurants, from providing plastic straws to customers…unless the customer asks for one.
As far as government overreaches go, it’s more of an annoyance than anything.
It doesn’t prohibit restaurants from handing ou