Proposed single-use plastic reduction ordinance draws support in Coronado [Video]

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The City of San Diego’s single-use plastic reduction ordinance went into effect last year, and some small business owners are pushing for Coronado to do the same.

Night and Day Café has been serving customers on Coronado Island since 1929.

Lifelong resident and café owner, Alexandra Esquer, says preserving the environment of the city where she grew up is top of mind.

“You go to these beach cleans and stuff like that, you find a lot of plastic, and us being a huge beach town that has a big impact on it,” Esquer said.

Esquer has seen the negative impact environmental changes have had on the community.

“I was telling my mom it’s such a bummer that nowadays these kids can’t play in the ocean as we did as kids,” Esquer said.

Many other areas of San Diego County have already implemented a single-use plastic …