One awful provision required the state to withhold local sales tax revenue from any city with its own soda tax -- even if a court found that such a tax "is a valid exercise of a city's authority". "This industry is aiming a nuclear weapon at government in California and saying, 'If you don't do what we want we are going to pull the trigger and you are not going to be able to fund basic government services'," said State Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco, in 2018. With the man in the White House lawlessly withholding funding to California cities and counties, why should localities bow to laws that limit their ability to boost funding?
Author: Joe Mathews
Published at: 2025-06-01 21:00:00
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