1. Regarding the city of Berkeley’s new tax on soda:
a) How much is the tax? Be specific.
b) What is taxed?
c) What isn’t taxed?

2. a) Define proponent.
b) For what reasons did proponents of the tax support this proposed law?

3. For what reasons did opponents vote against the tax?

4. If the majority of voters in both cities voted for their respective ballot measures, why did Berkeley’s pass and San Francisco’s fail?

5. Roger Salazar, spokesman for the campaigns to defeat the soda tax in Berkeley and San Francisco said, “San Franciscans have made it clear they can decide for themselves what to eat and drink.”
Claire Brindis, director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF, has said soda taxes are “a gentle way to try to help people begin to make wise choices in their environment.”
With whom do you agree? Explain your answer.