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Agenda Item
3.13 24-0571 Subject: Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distributor Tax Proposed Policy Change
From: Councilmember Gallo
Recommendation: Receive An Informational Report To Place A Special Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distributor Tax On The November 5, 2024 Ballot 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; On The June 27, 2024 Rules And Legislation Committee Agenda