A good news follow up!
Big Soda may now regret manipulating the legislature and California's initiative process. In response to the legislation preventing local communities from passing soda taxes, on July 2nd the California Dental and Medical associations announced that they will pursue a statewide soda tax initiative on the 2020 ballot. The initiative would put a tax on all sugar sweetened beverage sales throughout the state to raise money for public health programs and would restore the ability of cities to impose their own soda taxes.
Sincerely,
Nancy Skinner
Senator, 9th District
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