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Nation’s first soda tax passes in Berkeley, fails in San Francisco

by Lydia O'Connor

Local ballot measures in California to create the nation’s first taxes on sugary drinks saw both victory and defeat Tuesday when a bill won in Berkeley and lost in neighboring San Francisco, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.

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