You may remember that San Francisco voters rejected a soda tax last fall. The tax failed to get the two-thirds vote it needed, but did get a solid majority -- 55 percent.
Three San Francisco supervisors are taking that voter sentiment and moving ahead with proposed ordinances that -- while short of a tax -- would still regulate soda and other sugary beverages in other ways.
Yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee passed three ordinances with a "positive recommendation," meaning they recommend the full board pass all three.
The ordinances would require warning labels on advertising for soda and other sugary drinks, ban ads on city property and bar city departments from buying or selling the drinks.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, one of the authors of the soda tax proposal, cited research showing negative health effects of the beverages.