KJZZ is a service of Rio Salado College,
and Maricopa Community Colleges

Copyright © 2024 KJZZ/Rio Salado College/MCCCD
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Plan To Tax Soda Statewide In California Goes Up In Fizz

A proposal in California to tax soda appears dead after its sponsor said he’d delay a vote until next year.

While there are currently soda taxes in a handful of California cities, the state Legislature last year passed a law banning any new local soda taxes. The issue has cropped up in other cities as well, perhaps, most notably, in Philadelphia and New York City.

Kris Madsen, the faculty director for the Berkeley Food Institute at UC Berkeley, talked about whether taxes on soda and sugary drinks actually have an effect on raising money or reducing consumption.

More Stories From KJZZ

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.