Aug 6, 2025 · Berkeley was the first U.S. city to implement such a tax in 2014, levying one cent per fluid ounce. Oakland and San Francisco followed, with their one-cent-per-ounce taxes …

Apr 17, 2025 · On July 1, 2017, Oakland introduced a tax of one cent per ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), following in the footsteps of Berkeley, which implemented the …

JEL No. H71,H75,I18 ABSTRACT improve public health and raise revenue. On July 1, 2017, Oakland California introd ced a tax of one cent per ounce on SSBs. In this paper, we estimate …

Apr 20, 2023 · The researchers compared sugary drink purchases in Oakland to Richmond and Los Angeles, which have no beverage tax. In addition to documenting a sustained decline, the …

Oakland is one of the largest cities in the country that passed a soda tax in November 2016. Oakland requires distributors to pay an excise tax of one cent per ounce on all beverages …

The Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax was approved by the voters in the November 2016 election. It places one cent per fluid ounce on the distribution of sugar-sweetened …

Tax rates are 1 cent per ounce in all four California jurisdictions, 1.5 cents per ounce in Philadelphia, 1.75 cents per ounce in Seattle, and 2 cents per ounce in Boulder. For …

Jul 1, 2017 · The soda tax in Oakland, California, is $0.01 per ounce. This tax came into effect on July 1, 2017, and applies to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) or sugary drinks. The tax is …

For Albany, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, California, the tax rate is 1 cent per ounce of soda. In Seattle, Washington, the rate is 1.75 cents per ounce of soda.

Apr 18, 2023 · That’s exactly what happened when a local “soda tax” was launched in Oakland, Calif., according to researchers from the University of California, San Francisco. Purchases of …