Three Bay-Area Cities OK Soda Tax
San Francisco, Oakland and Albany will tax soda at 1 cent per ounce.
San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F., Oakland, Albany Voters Pass Soda Tax
Three Bay Area cities on Tuesday became among the first in the country to levy a tax on sodas and other sugary drinks in an effort to help stanch the nation’s diabetes and obesity epidemics. (Knight, 11/8)
East Bay Times:
Soda Taxes In San Francisco And Oakland Could Spur National Movement
Oakland and San Francisco are poised to become the largest cities in the country to approve such a tax and open the door for other cities to replicate their campaigns. And in tiny Albany, voters resoundingly approved the tax. They will join Berkeley, which two years ago became the nation’s first city to pass a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. (Debolt, 11/9)
KQED News:
Soda Taxes Win In San Francisco, Oakland And Albany
San Francisco, Oakland and Albany voters have passed soda taxes in each city by a wide margin. San Francisco now becomes the largest city on the West Coast to approve a levy on distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages. (Romero, 11/9)