July 23, 2019
Bay City News, Annie Steuart, July 22, 2019- Health advocacy groups have launched a statewide campaign focused on passing a soda tax by the end of the year. The coalition of groups formed in the wake of the failure of five bills seeking to curtail soda consumption to pass earlier …
July 19, 2019
Food Dive, Jessi Devenyns, July 19, 2019- A new coalition called Californians for Less Soda — which includes the American Heart Association, the California Medical Association and the California Dental Association — is bringing back the fight for a 2-cent-per-ounce statewide tax on sugary drinks, according to Politico. The coalition also …
July 17, 2019
The Los Angeles Times, Colleen Shalby, July 16, 2019- The city of Ventura is one step closer to banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, oils, cigarillos, cigarettes and loose tobacco. Ventura Mayor Matt Lavere and Councilwoman Cheryl Heitmann directed City Council staff to draft an ordinance that …
July 9, 2019
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Nicholas Ibarra, July 8, 2019- State Sen. Bill Monning’s latest attempt at legislation requiring warning labels on sodas and other sugary drinks fizzled last week. The bill, Senate Bill 347, passed the state Senate in May without a single vote to spare. It was scheduled for a …
November 29, 2018
US News, Diane Bartz, November 28, 2018- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress should not pass a relatively weak online privacy bill to protect consumer data and use it to take precedence over a new California law. Big tech companies are pushing for a …