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SF Board of Education backs a sugary drink tax in The City

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The San Francisco Board of Education threw its weight behind a proposed two cent levy on sugary drinks sold in The City, but the question remains if at least two-thirds of the electorate will support the tax come November.

Nevertheless, backers of the proposed sugary beverage tax – the two cent per ounce sugary beverage tax measure is being proposed by Supervisors Scott Wiener, Eric Mar, Malia Cohen and John Avalos – can check off at least one key endorsement in their quest to prevail where other cities have failed. The San Francisco Unified School District board passed a resolution Tuesday in support of the tax.…

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