ALJAZEERA: …The Alameda County registrar’s office reported 74 percent of voters favored Measure D, which calls for a 1 cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks such as sodas, with 42 percent of precincts reporting…
The movement appears to have failed to cross San Francisco Bay, with fewer than two-thirds of San Francisco voters pulling for Proposition E, a 2 cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks.
Because the San Francisco proposition detailed how the tax money would be spent — on health, nutrition, fitness and education programs — it required a two-thirds majority of votes to pass… (more)
