San Francisco to offer ballot measure that would tax soft drinks

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San Francisco to offer ballot measure that would tax soft drinks

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors are putting together a ballot measure that would tax sodas and other sugary drinks.

A picture taken on September 8, 2011 in Paris shows cans of various sodas. After the French government announced on August 24 to tax these products as part of its austerity plan to reduce the national debt, professionals of the industry contested the measure, last of which the US giant Coca-Cola who suspended a 17 million euro (23.780 million US dollars) investment in France. French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted on September 7 he was determined to push through a balanced budget amendment called "golden rule" despite reports that he might drop the contested plan. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors are putting together a ballot measure that would tax sodas and other sugary drinks.

In the future, buying your favorite soda may cost you a little more in San Francisco than anywhere else in the state.

The city's Board of Supervisors are putting together a ballot measure that would tax sodas and other sugary drinks. But the city isn't the first to attack fizzy drinks.

This fall, a soda ban proposal for public facilities in San Jose failed to move out of the city's committee. Here in Southern California, voters in Richmond and El Monte rejected proposed soda taxes last year.

Heather Knight is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle who has written about the city's planned ballot measure. She joins the show with more.