Berkeley passes soda tax, measure fails in SF

Berkeley voters on Tuesday became the first in the nation to place a special tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in an attempt to fight the health effects of soda, while across the bay in San Francisco, a similar measure failed to win the two-thirds majority needed for passage.

The soft drink industry spent an estimated $10 million in an attempt to defeat the two measure.

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