Nation's First Soda Tax is Passed in Berkeley, California
The residents of the Bay Area liberal enclave made history by passing the nation's first tax on sugary drinks.
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Take that, sugar! Residents of Berkeley, California, passed the country's first so-called soda tax on Tuesday. Measure D levies a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened drinks.
"Berkeley has a proud history of setting nationwide trends, such as non-smoking sections in restaurants and bars, curb cuts for wheelchairs, curbside recycling, and public school food policies," Vicki Alexander, an activist who worked to pass Measure D, said in statement.