After Berkeley soda tax, sugary drinks less popular
Berkeley's sugary drink consumption has dropped 21% in the wake of the city's soda tax, says study.
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Council approves $1.5M to fight soda consumption
Officials voted Tuesday night to step up the fight against sugary drinks in Berkeley.
Berkeley’s new soda tax panel begins its work
A new Berkeley "panel of experts" charged with allocating money collected from the city's new soda tax met for the first time Tuesday night.
Soda tax raises $116,000 of revenue in first month
Berkeley's soda tax generated $116,000 in revenue in its first month of operation, city officials and advocates said Monday.
Op-ed: The Berkeley tax may have passed, but the campaign has not ended for Big Soda
For us in Berkeley, the historic campaign to pass Measure D (the soda tax) ended on Nov. 4, 2014, when over 76% of Berkeley overwhelmingly voted yes. Yet the campaign has not ended for Big Soda.
Soda distributors frustrated at city of Berkeley’s lack of guidance on soda tax
As the co-owner of the San Francisco-based Waterloo Beverages company, Camilo Malaver enjoyed doing business in Berkeley. But he did not want anything to do with Berkeley after voters adopted a soda tax in November.
Around $3.4M spent on Berkeley soda tax campaign
The tally is in: the campaign surrounding Measure D, the one cent per ounce tax on sugary beverages, cost $3,374,155, according to recently filed campaign statements.
Dollar Tree pulls soda off shelves after soda tax
Dollar Tree stores in Berkeley have stopped selling soda because of the city's new tax on sugar-sweetened drinks.
Big Soda unmasked: It’s not as sweet as you think
A review of Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism, by Bartow J. Elmore
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Berkeley seeks experts for ‘soda tax’ advisory panel
The city of Berkeley has put out a call for experts interested in joining a new advisory panel to set spending priorities for “soda tax” dollars approved by voters in November.
Berkeley School Board primer: Soda tax panel, new personnel commissioner, recess restriction
The Berkeley schools Board of Education meets tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 19) for a closed session at 6 p.m., followed by its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Follow along via the Nov. 19 agenda packet.
Op-ed: Berkeley love: Laying our Measure D vote on the cogs of the beverage industry machine
Fifty years ago Berkeley birthed the Free Speech Movement when Mario Savio stood atop a police car in the middle of Sproul plaza on the UC Berkeley campus and called for moral action. He shouted out:
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Why Berkeley passed a soda tax while other cities failed
The city of Berkeley was basking in glory Wednesday over its passage of the nation’s first soda tax, an accomplishment that the beverage industry dismissed as just a whacky — and inconsequential — victory.
