Sugary drink tax drink has seen a decline in soda consumption by more than 20 percent. Philadelphia's tax of 1.5 cents/oz took effect on January 1, 2017. The Measure D soda tax was approved by 76% of Berkeley voters on 4 November 2014, and took effect on 1 January 2015 as the first such tax in the United States. The measure imposes a tax of one cent per ounce on the distributors of specified sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, and sweetened ice teas but excluding milk-based beverages, meal replacement drink, diet sodas, fruit juice, and alcohol. The revenue generated
City of Brighton City of Brighton The City of Brighton was a local government area about south of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1859 until 1994. Brighton was first incorporated as a borough on 18 January 1859. It annexed some land in Elwood and Elsternwick in 1870, and became a town on 18 March 1887. It annexed from the City of Moorabbin on 3 April 1912, and on 12 March 1919, it was proclaimed a city. From 1861 onwards, Thomas Bent was associated with the council, being its mayor on several