24-0571

Subject: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distributor Tax Proposed Policy Change From: Councilmember Gallo Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report Regarding The Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distributor Tax To Amend The Current SSBT To Include A Yearly Consumer Price Index Adjustment And To Be Legally Designated To The Specific Purposes of Addressing Diabetes Rates And Reducing SSB Consumption In The Census Tracts Most Impacted Through 50% To Oakland Parks And Recreation Youth Department, Human Services Department, Economic and Workforce Development Department, and Library Department And 50% To The Oakland Healthy Living, Healing, And Nutrition Special Fund, Which Will Be Governed By A Citizen Planning And Oversight Committee That Will Develop And Evaluate Three Year Strategic Investment Plans To Address Diabetes And SSB Consumption Through Allocations To Healthy Retail, Health Education, Income Supplements, Community Spaces, Meal Distribution, Water Access, Health Screenings, And An Independent Evaluation Tracking Impact Of Tax And Revenue Allocations

Informational Report Filed Introduced June 12, 2024

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