San Francisco supervisors propose hiking bag fee by 150 percent

The bag fee at San Francisco stores could soon increase from a dime to a quarter as part of an effort to encourage shoppers to bring their own bags.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and Transportation Committee has approved a proposal to raise the cost of plastic and paper checkout bags to 25 cents from 10 cents. The full Board of Supervisors will next give the proposal a vote.