Poll finds majority of Bay Area support soda tax

[yuiyoshida]

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco supervisors who have proposed a sugary drink tax for the city's November ballot said they were encouraged by a statewide poll released today that found nearly 80 percent of Bay Area residents support such a tax.

The latest nonpartisan Field Poll found that 67 percent of the voting public in California supports a tax on soda and other sugary drinks, with the revenue going for school nutrition and physical activity programs.

That number jumps to 78 percent in the Bay Area, according to the poll.


San Francisco Supervisors Malia Cohen, Eric Mar and Scott Wiener have proposed a similar measure for the Nov. 4 ballot and on Thursday released a statement on the latest poll.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=9439442

[KamaAina]

1. And yet it went down in progressive Richmond

the largest city in the USA with a Green mayor, because the soda industry spent enough $$$. Same deal with Prop 37, that would have required labeling of GMO foods statewide.

[SoapBox]

2. I absolutely support it.

This garbage liquid is just that...garbage and it supports no health / nutritional purpose.