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SF committee advances revised sugary-drink warning ordinance after community input
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Jan. 9 advanced a revised Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Warning Ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The reintroduction narrows warning size, adds language-access requirements and expands enforcement options after Ninth Circuit litigation stalled the 2015 measure.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee forwarded a revised ordinance updating the city's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Warning Ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors on Jan. 9 with a positive recommendation.
Natalie G., representing Supervisor Walton's office, told the committee the ordinance was first passed unanimously in 2015 but never went into effect after a subsequent Ninth Circuit ruling. The reintroduced version updates the findings about links between sugary-drink consumption and weight gain, obesity and type 2 diabetes and…
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