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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Boulder, Colo., And Three California Cities OK Soda Tax
The Boulder Daily Camera: Boulder Becomes Nation's Second To Vote In A Soda Tax
After the most expensive campaign this city has ever seen, Boulder voters made clear their support for the hotly contested ballot issue 2H, which will install a tax on distributors of soda and other sugary beverages. ... the passage of 2H means a 2-cents-per-fluid-ounce excise tax on distributors of beverages with at least 5 grams of added sugar per 12 ounces. The tax approved in Berkeley, plus the three Bay Area taxes on Tuesday's ballot, were all half as harsh, with just a penny-per-ounce levy. (Burness, 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)
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)
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)
