The Bakersfield City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday that requires retail establishments to implement “containment plans” for their shopping carts, aiming to curtail what Councilwoman Patty Gray characterized as a black mark on the city.
“We’re trying to prevent the blight that we’re seeing,” she said, “the public hazard of abandoned shopping carts all over the city.”
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