A table shows how much sugar is in your soda, laid out at the kickoff campaign party for San Francisco's sugary beverage tax, Saturday.
Photo by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez
What’s old is new again, the saying goes.
And the saying definitely applies to the hotly followed sugary beverage tax resolution, introduced at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
The two cents per-ounce tax on sugary beverages would be levied at the point of distribution, with the ultimate goal of reducing the consumption of sodas and other sugary drinks to combat obesity in San Francisco. The tax, sponsored by Supervisors Scott Wiener, Eric Mar, Malia Cohen John Avalos and David Chiu, is similar to a resolution made two years ago in Richmond, CA. Read more »
