To block California soda taxes, companies paid for ‘Black Panther’ tickets, fancy dinners

spent $352,469, according to forms filed with the California secretary of State’s office. That’s nearly 70 % more than they spent in the previous two years.

a steak might go for $65 and a whole fried fish for $57. The lawmakers were attending a legislative retreat.The association gave 11 legislative staffers tickets to Sacramento Kings basketball games and paid for their food and drinks, at a cost ranging from $163 to $326 per staffer. It also shelled out at least $3,747 for at least 92 lawmakers, staff members and their guests to attend a showing of “Black Panther” in March 2018.

Sometimes, lawmakers seek out contributions. When state Assemblyman Adam Gray asked the beverage association to sponsor the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures, the association gave $25,000 in his name. Gray, who served as California’s representative to the meeting, said it was his responsibility to secure sponsors, and that he asked several corporations to contribute.

Along with spending $8.9 million on the statewide ballot measure, the American Beverage Assn. PAC, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola gave about $1.1 million to other statewide and local political efforts in the last two years.

AHABayArea Just another example of the business practices soda companies like CocaColaCo PepsiCo & drpepper learned from their corporate older brothers, Big Tobacco. Overconsumption is costing California’s kids and low income communities’ health and wealth. The caleg must do more.

Good. A soda tax is just masked fat phobia, and targeting of the poor.

Let people choose for themselves. If its good nutrition you are worried about close a few of the liquor stores in low rent areas and open some grocery stores.

Why doesn’t this headline have the word “bribe” in it? Haha

Good. Anyone attacking soft drinks should be in a Louisiana state prison.

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