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Big Soda scored a major victory on Thursday as California passed a law that bans local sugar taxes through 2030 in the most populous U.S. state, where cities including Berkeley have approved such ...
[10] The center has also published research concluding that were California Assembly Bill 669 to be passed, that "85 percent [of the money raised] or $1.4 billion, would be returned to counties, in proportion to their population, to pay for education and children’s health programs." [11]
In July 2014, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, proposed a national soda tax. [191] In November 2014, voters in San Francisco and Berkeley, California voted on soda tax ballot measures. [192] The measure was approved in Berkeley [193] and received 55% of the vote in San Francisco, but was short of the needed 2/3 supermajority. [194]
Soda consumption is blamed as being a cause of heart disease, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer in adults, and it's easy to see why, Government guidelines encourage Americans to ...
In 2017, Patti was one of the three members on the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors who voted to sign a letter of support for California’s gas tax bill, Senate Bill 1 and Assembly Bill 1.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California; In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2007: Preceded by: William M. Ketchum: Succeeded by: Kevin McCarthy: Constituency: 18th district (1979–1983) 20th district (1983–1993) 21st district (1993–2003) 22nd district (2003–2007) Member of the California State Assembly from the ...
Weiss said her legislative priorities include tax relief for working families, including reforming the SALT deduction — the federal tax deduction that families can take to offset state and local ...
Elected in 1863 but not seated until special Act of Congress was passed, 12 Stat. 411. [data missing] Alan Lowenthal: Democratic 47th: January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 Long Beach: Elected in 2012. Retired. Bill Lowery: Republican 41st: January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 San Diego: Elected in 1980. [data missing] Dan Lungren: Republican 34th ...