GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – Nevada County, Nevada City and Grass Valley are California municipalities that are considering plastic bag bans this year, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reports. “We are definitely planning on moving forward with something, sooner rather than later,” said Nevada City Councilmember Duane Strawser.

Nevada City has more of its ducks in a row to move forward with such a ban, but Nevada County and Grass Valley have more work to accomplish first. “It’s something that probably needs discussion,” said Grass Valley City Councilmember Howard Levine. “We want the Grass Valley Downtown Association and the Chamber (of Commerce) to assemble retailers to determine where they stand on the matter.”

The move toward plastic bag bans echoes nearby Truckee’s prohibition that was approved in October and enacted last week at supermarkets and food vendors. Shoppers must pay a nickel for a paper bag, a dime for a reusable plastic bag or 99 cents for a reusable fabric bag if they don’t bring their own bags to the store. Truckee will start enforcement of the ban in June.

“[Truckee] did a really good job on this thing,” said Steve Castleberry, who directs Nevada County’s public works department. “They did incredible outreach, brought in individual opponents, did rounds with the merchants and retooled the ordinance a couple times before adopting it. It was a (eight- or nine-month) process.”

South Lake Tahoe bans single-use plastic bags at point-of-sale, but that restriction doesn’t apply to restaurants or other plastic bags, such as garbage bags, sandwich bags or produce bags. Retail businesses will have to comply with the ban starting Oct. 15.