San Francisco Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee’s commitment to providing community-driven and evidence-based recommendations to advance healthy and equitable communities
By Abby Cabrera, MPH, UCSF Project Manager & Marna Armstead, SisterWeb Co-founder & Executive Director; Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee Co-Chairs The recently published article by the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research...
The Sugar & Decoloniality Series by Dr. Amber McZeal
Guest blog post by Nasser Albaqqal and videos by Elijah Roberts with Bounce Back Generation. The Sugar and Decoloniality 2.0 series was made possible with funding from the San Francisco Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax. The San Francisco Department of Public Health and...
Produce vouchers for nutrition security: Vouchers 4 Veggies’ simple solution to a complex problem
Guest blogger, Ellen Garcia, Program Manager of EatSF-Vouchers 4 Veggies, shares how the SDDT-funded program is leading the movement to integrate nutrition interventions into healthcare. By Ellen Garcia, Program Manager, EatSF-Vouchers 4 Veggies EatSF-Vouchers 4...
Press Release: San Francisco Soda Tax Initiative Awards $4.5M Grant to Drive Community Health Transformation
We congratulate the nine organizations that have been awarded grants through the 2023 SDDT (Soda Tax) Healthy Communities and Healthy Schools Grant Programs administered through the San Francisco Public Health Foundation (SFPHF) in partnership with SF Department of...
A Tour Across San Francisco’s First Soda Tax Grantee Organizations
Greetings folks! Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Kim Wong, Soda Tax Grants Coordinator with the SF Department of Public Health (SFDPH). I am responsible for managing Soda Tax grants and supporting grantee organizations through capacity building and technical...
Feeding it Forward: How Farming Hope Changes Lives and Our Food System
This month, we invited Haley Nielson, Development Director at Farming Hope, an SDDT Healthy Communities grantee, to be a guest blogger and share how Farming Hope is changing lives and our food system by centering dignity through a holistic approach and radical...
Transforming Soda Tax Funding into Nutritious Meals, Once Cooking Class at a Time
By Sarah Nelson, Executive Director of 18 Reasons 18 Reasons’ cooking and nutrition education classes are made possible with funding by the 2020 Healthy Communities Grant. Every week, 18 Reasons brings free cooking and nutrition classes to medical centers, schools,...
2023 Annual Report and Recommendations
On March 1, 2023, the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee (SDDTAC) submitted their annual report and budget recommendations to the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors and to the SF residents, who entrusted this 16-member committee to make community-driven...
Are the Kids Alright? Young People Talk to Us About Resilience
By Jennifer Dhillon, CEO/Founder of Bounce Back Generation. Jennifer Dhillon is the CEO and Founder of Bounce Back Generation, one of the inaugural recipients of the Healthy Communities Grants funded by the soda tax. In this guest blog post, Jennifer shares findings...
Get Involved with Soda Tax Budget Recommendations!
Happy New Year! 2023 marks the 5-year anniversary of San Francisco’s soda tax. With COVID-19 here to stay, 2022 brought new challenges to face as a society, like inflation. When time and money are tight, buying cheap food or drinks seems like a smart thing to do to...