A Fresno health-advocacy group is suing over state legislation that prevents cities from enacting soda taxes. In a 2018 deal with the beverage industry, the Legislature passed a law preventing cities from raising taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and other groceries through 2031. In exchange, the beverage industry withdrew a proposition...
Why California’s Efforts to Limit Soda Keep Fizzling
Earlier this year, Democrats in the state Capitol introduced several measures intended to limit Californians’ consumption of soda, arguing that rotting teeth and rising diabetes presented a public health crisis demanding action akin to regulations on cigarettes. They proposed taxing soda, banning Big Gulps, prohibiting in-store discounts on soft drinks, banishing them...
Lawsuit Filed Over Proposed NW Fresno Animal Shelter
Neighbors of a controversial new animal shelter are taking to the courts in an attempt to stop the project. Shortly after the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 23 to set in motion a new animal shelter near a northwest Fresno neighborhood, attorney John Kinsey said legal action was...