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CalWatchdog Morning Read – May 9
Soda Tax just more revenue? Madeleine Albright opposed as commencement speaker Republican leaders hold off on Trump Race for second for U.S. Senate More questions over Hunter’s spending Good morning! Happy Monday. What is being billed as a “common sense” ballot
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S.F. Supervisors pass laws requiring health warnings on soda ads
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to pass legislation that would require posted advertisements for sodas and other beverages to include health warnings. Additional legislation bans the use of city funds to purchase sodas and sugar-sweetened
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Berkeley finds it’s not easy imposing soda tax
The city of Berkeley, Calif., is finding it’s not so easy imposing a soda tax. Since the tax’s Jan. 1 imposition, retailers find it’s a burden changing prices for just one type of item in one city. Measure D, officially
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Berkeley imposes soda tax
Berkeley has done all Californians a favor by voting for a demonstration of how taxes drive away business. Its citizens just passed Measure D, a soda tax amounting to 12 cents on a can of Coke or other sugary beverage. The
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Will San Francisco take a big gulp of soda tax?
There have been a number of efforts to increase the tax on sugary beverages in California in recent years, with little to show for it so far. But the next battle in the soda tax war, in San Francisco
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