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Speaker urges Palo Alto to consider sugar-sweetened beverage tax to fund public health and services
Summary
A resident urged the Policy and Services Committee to place a 2 cents-per-ounce tax on wholesale sugar-sweetened beverage distribution (citing Measure Z examples) to fund parks, youth and senior programs, public safety and health initiatives, noting other California cities have adopted similar measures.
During the public comment period before the committee's agenda, a Palo Alto resident proposed the city consider a ballot measure to levy a 2-cent-per-ounce tax on the wholesale distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages to fund general governmental uses including parks, youth and senior programming, mental health…
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