SF News Soda Warning Label Law Blocked, Citing Soda Companies' First Amendment Rights Two years after San Francisco passed a law requiring soda companies to place warnings on their advertisements and billboards, a federal appeals court has blocked the requirement with an injunction saying that the
SF News When Would The 2016 Ballot Measures Go Into Effect? An Analysis [Update: This post has been updated with additional detail on whether you can keep a pot plant on your front porch.] Fans (and foes!) of marijuana, soda, cigarettes, plastic bags, and pornography have
SF News The Soda Lobby Is Using Bernie Sanders In Fight Against Soda Tax, And Sanders Is Pissed The American Beverage Association is pulling out all the stops in its fight against the proposed penny-per-ounce soda tax on the ballot this November in both San Francisco and Oakland. One such effort
SF News Meet The Satirical 'Pro-Soda' Mascot Promising Lies And Diabetes For All Mayors @LibbySchaaf @mayoredlee announce Oakland and SF #sodatax campaigns #measurehh #propv pic.twitter.com/in8Oy3yCg7— Daniel Montes (@dc_montes) September 2, 2016 With sugary beverage taxes (back) on the ballot in San Francisco
SF News Study: Berkeley Sugary Drink Tax Led To 21% Decrease In Soda Consumption Among Low-Income Residents A first-in-the-nation tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (of just a penny per ounce) was having its intended effect a mere four months after implementation in Berkeley according to a study published in The American
SF News San Francisco Soda Tax Likely Headed Back To Ballot The popular but ultimately failed San Francisco soda tax may be bubbling back up. A petition calling for the addition of such a tax to the 2016 November ballot is circulating and appears
SF News SF's Failed Soda Tax Was More Popular Than Ed Lee Share a #coke, get #type2diabetes. Instead, #drinkwater ! Stay healthy #truth #SF & #Berkeley #sodatax #yesonE pic.twitter.com/2Sjc7OUMH5— Janna N Cordeiro (@jncordeiro) October 27, 2014 Though the San Francisco Department of Elections
SF News [Updated] Supes Approve Soda Ad Warnings; Will Iconic SoMa Coca-Cola Billboard Get One? The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve warning labels on all print and billboard ads for sodas and sugary drinks in the city, akin to the warnings seen on tobacco
SF News Pro Soda Tax Campaigners Bring Severed Legs, Giant Can Of Diabetes To Dolores Park [Updated] The Yes on E camp, who would like you all to vote for the controversial 2-cent tax on sugary beverages on Tuesday, took to Dolores Park and elsewhere in town over the last
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Big Soda Spending Big Bucks To Defeat Soda Tax Measure, And They've Got Bill Clinton On Their Side You may have already seen the above TV spot which just launched last week from the No on E campaign. It's funded by the deep pockets of the American beverage industry who have
SF News Exclusive: Supe Scott Wiener, Coalition For An Affordable City, And Locals Debate The S.F. Soda Tax San Francisco has a reputation for being health-conscious, but Supervisor Scott Wiener’s ballot measure to tax soda is sitting with certain voters about as well as Mentos and 7 Up. Wiener's soda
SF News Day Around The Bay: Who's That Man Waving An American Flag On The Golden Gate Bridge? On Tuesday, the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee will question Caltrans officials about the recent report that alleges they silenced engineers who tried to expose cost overruns and construction defects on the new
SF News Berkeley Is Jumping On The Soda Tax Bandwagon [Updated] Update via Berkeleyside: The #BerkeleySodaTax is going onto the November ballot; passed unanimously #berkeley #berkmtg— Berkeleyside (@berkeleyside) July 2, 2014 Berkeley will likely join San Francisco in its push to tax surgery-drinks linked
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink International War On Soda Could Ruin Mexican Cokes Too As San Franciscans brace for the very real possibility of paying about a quarter more for the privilege of enjoying a can of soda, new regulations bubbling up from south of the border
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Big Soda Responds To San Francisco's Proposed Soda Tax As San Francisco braces itself for the possibility of spending a quarter extra just for the privilege of enjoying an ice cold can of bubbly corn syrup, the lobbyists from Big Soda would
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Here Comes San Francisco's Soda Tax In nanny state news: Supervisor Scott Wiener plans to introduce legislation this week that would add a 24-cent tax on every can of soda sold in the city of San Francisco. Wiener's bill
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink California Senate Bill Hopes Soda Tax Will Eradicate Childhood Obesity A bill that would tax sugary sodas and energy drinks is currently making its way through the California State Senate. If passed into law, SB-622 will add a one-cent tax per ounce to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Concerned' Citizen Petitions Against Richmond's Soda Tax, Neglects To Mention She's Funded By Lobbyists Here's a good reason we tend to avoid signing random petitions: As California Watch reports, Richmond resident, Rosa Lara, has been going door to door identifying herself as an organizer with the Community
