KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM October 22, 2016
Kids health pointing to berkeley which has a soda tax as proof that it works. But does it . So what we found is that to a surprising extent the tax is spread around in berkeley. Reporter Brad Williams is a former chief economist for the California Legislative Analyst Office an antisoda tax group hired him to look at the numbers. Dont have a major increase in price on sugary drinks, you wont get a significant effect on consumption. So youre not going to get the Health Benefits into the proponents would like to see. Reporter critics says its a grocery tax. Grocer can recoup the tax charging high...