a serving has added sweeteners and whereas sugarry beverages although they can contain hundreds of calories in a serving do not signal fullness to the brain, and show that the beverages flood the liver, and this sugar rush leads to fat deposits that causes serious health problems. whereas sugary beverages represent 11 percent of daily calorieed consumed by children in the united states. and a recent survey found that california teenagers are consuming more sugary befrage and whereas since 1980, obesity among children has tripled nationwide and 2010, a third of children in san francisco were obese or overweight and whereas every additional beverage increases a child's risk of obesity by 6 percent and one or two a day increases the risk of

diabetes by 26 percent and whereas one in three children, born today will develop, diabetes if the consumption does not decline, and whereas the diseases disproportionally impact the minority and low income communities, 18 percent of 3 to 4-year-olds enrolled in the programs are obese and 37 percent of the children and 40 percent of the children are obese and whereas, ucsf, researcher has calculated that even a 1 percent ounce tax on beverage kaos cut the consumption by ten percent and core spounding reductions in the future indications of diabetes and obesity and heart disease as well as the cost of treating them and whereas the additional research has established that spending a collar on nutrition has saved $10 in future health costs and

whereas the district supports programs that enhance the welfare of children and seeing the proper nutrition as a part of the environment and whereas the legislation proposed by scott weiner and supervisor eric mar will institute a tax on the beverages in san francisco and whereas the weiner mar proposal differ in significant ways and would adopt a two penny per ounce tax and under those proposals the tax revenues will be spent on the activities that increase the options for physical activitis for children in san francisco. therefore, be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district believes that if sugary beverage tax will decrease the consumption of the beverage and bring about a corresponding increase in the over all health of children in our jurisdiction and resolved that the board of education, of the san francisco unified school district, supports the concept of a sugary befrage tax and the idea that the revenues

should be used to support the child nutrition and programs and be it further resolved that the board of education from the san francisco unified school district urges the board of supervisors to place a sugarry beverage tax on a future ballot for approval by voters. >> thank you. >> and i think that we have some speakers lineds up. but before i call their names, i would like to call up the supervisors eric mar and scott weiner. >> it is great to be here with scott and our colleagues, could not be here with us, it is nice to have the richmond district on the board of education as well and so congratulations president fewer and thank you so much, mr. norton and thank you vice president murase as well. and my daughter was a baby when

i started 13 years ago here and she is kind of grown up with many people that are here and, she is now at this age, at 13 and she is going through the student process for high schools right now and i am as nervous as many parents are but she is also a target as ad adolesent and the decades of the environment caused by many of the big corporations that have preyed on our kids and have led to significant health disparties that the resolution addresses and i am not going to go into the details of what this measure that we hope to be on the november ballot, alongside of the reauthorization of the children's fund and the public education of richmond fund to support the children first and support our kids coalition in our city but i will just say that scott weiner and avalos and cohen and i have been building with the great parent leaders and the health access

and grassroots organizations from a lot of different coalitions that have provided the support from the various community coalition -but we are building a strong community for hel and this food access and faout turf our children. and i also want to say that the coalition that we are building, will hopefully in november, and beyond, show that san francisco can do this, i think that the momentum that we built, and deeply within the low income communities with a focus on equity and social justice, it is really significant, and we think that that the american beverage association that has a rep right in the front row here today will pour in more money than we have seen in any city, but we can win with our schools and with our parents and our grassroots groups and our pediatricians and others in the coalition to fight for the future of our children's health and i will just say that jill wynns and many parents on this

or in this district, really have led to major leadership of healthier nutrition guidelines, for our children, but also, inspired many other school districts around the country and your policies of access and feeding all hungry students, without the stigmas that really supporting the different nutrition programs and physical ed in and out of school is inspiring and i think that it inspires a lot of what our effort at the city level will do and i will stop there and say that i believe that we can do it in san francisco and we need your support and i urge you to support the resolution and thank you so much for the commissioners, norton, wynns and matt haney as well. thank you. >> thank you. commissioners and good evening. it is great to be at the school board, and i'm scott weiner from the board of supervisors and i have to say that sometimes the board of supervisors feels like the

school board since we have three former president and a former general council and so the school district is well represented in the city hall which is as it should be and i also want to thank the co-sponsors of the resolution for moving us forward on this incredibly important public health issue. and i know that sometimes it is so tempting and you know this and you have seen this over the years with the very forward looking nutrition policies that this body has adopted it is easy for people to be dismissive and proposals like this, but we know and frankly the science really can be refuted and this is a critical, public health pleasure and we know, that we have a growing healthcare epidemic in this country, including among our kids, a various health that are distributely atribable to sugary beverage and particularly the growth of type

two diabetes to the point where the sugary befrage consumption, and one in three will develop it in their lifetime and that is one in three and that is a healthcare catastrophe for this country and we know that they present a unique risk of health risk, and that is, worse than all of the food that has sugar in it. we know that our diet is being overwhelmed with calories from sugarry beverages that the way that the beverages are absorbed into the body is different than the sugary food that it does not turn off your appetite that you can consume huge amounts of sugar without ever feeling full we, know that one 12-ounce can of soda can have ten tea spoons of sugar and a big gul p can have 50 tea spoons this is a risk that is different in-kind than other risks to our health and to our kids' health.

and we have been putting together and i really wanted to just come mend supervisor mars on the nutrition over the years and we have been working with a coalition that frankly precedes both of us and it has been working for years and years and building, the energy around this issue, is just, huge. and a coalition of community, many community-based organizations. of parents, and of hospitals, and healthcare providers. and of park groups and of all of the groups that understand, how important it is to create this tax, in order to reduce consumption, and to generate revenue for critical nutrition, and physical activity. of programs and this is supported by science, and we know that one of the epicenters of research, showing the efficacy of this sugary tax is right here in san francisco, ucsf and the befrage industry likes to try to say that it is somehow not credible and i hope

that they keep saying that because we know in san francisco that this is one of the most respected institutions around and that is for a reason. so i urge you to support this resolution and i look forward in moving together hand in hand to make sure that we move this public health issue forward and so thank you very much. >> thank you. >> so when i call your name, for speaker, list, could you please come up to the podium. >> duncan, guta and vargus and soloman and david, and mark murphy, jessica, clawson. mark elchin, and veda haves. and grimon and martha mangold. and andrei dean and elliott hascol. >> each speaker will have two minutes. >> good evening i am here on

behalf of shape up san francisco coalition. consumption of sugary drinks decrease is one of our pry torety, and i am one of the co-chairs of contract ceo of the ymca and we are preparing to launch this awareness campaign at the end of the month and i have brought a few posters for you to keep, and we are planning a lunch event at the central ymca on january 27th at 4:00 p.m. and i invite you all to attend and i will leave a flier with ester with more details and i believe that commissioner norton sent you a powerpoint that shape of reseptemberly represented to the health commission and explaining the health impacts to the over consumption of sugary drinks and we are happy to provide more details or answer any questions that you might have. and in the presentation, there is a flier that illustrates

that black and latino ninth graders have twice the rate of soda intake in all of the way of the obesity than other groups, these are significant because the studies have shown that nearly 60 percent of over weight children go on to become over weight adults. they have been working closely with mark elkin to include a significant portion of the district wellness policy on sugary drinks and in addition of supporting this resolution, i am encouraged you to protect the health of staff and students, by insuring a comprehensive robust wellness policy, and if i may, i just like to show what our poster, and what our poster says, regarding the intake of sugarry drinks and this is very, compelling of why we are here, commissioners, asking for your support for this resolution, commissioner norton and the others of this

resolution, i thank you as a grandmother. and the students in high school and middle school here in san francisco. >> thank you very much. for your attention. >> hi, commissioners i am a former public schoolteacher and i currently work in education in a personal capacity and i strongly support this resolution and as a former teacher of 4th graders, i think that the education links to health, sometimes go a little bit unnoticed when we talk about the health issues themselves but i remember, sitting in class when the kids would have sugary drinks and drinking giant big gulps and then seeing the effects, and watching the sugar, literally course through their tiny bodies and watch their attentions start to drop and watch their ability to really concentrate and really to drift away. and then on the days that we did not have those, i could see the difference, and so the direct educational links to this, also is that the kids need to be prepared and set up

for success and we also know the science, and the development, and even for the kids and extraordinarily young can get the blood sugar from their mothers and that can effect their learning later in life as well. and i think that there are huge health effects of this obviously with the obesity and diabetes and also from a strictly educational standpoint, health has a major effect on what the kids are bringing into the classroom every day and what they are able to bring to their lesson and so i urge the board to support this resolution and so it is a small, common sense measure and to let the kids learn better and it will make us a healthier city. >> good evening, commissioners, i am here on behalf of the public health department and i am also a parent at fair mount elementary and i found the shape up san francisco in 200 1k36 decreasing the son subpoenasing of the drinks has been a priority for us since

2008 on january 7th, this month, this year, the health commission adopted a resolution acknowledging the negative health impacts and supporting the public health department's efforts of decreasing the consumption of the sugary drinks and they did this because they have established the links between high blood pressure and ultimately the diseases that create the metabolic syndrome which is discourage of our health and it is a public health em dem i can for each additional drink that a child comsumes, the risk of obesity increase business 60 percent. 60 percent. and we know that children who are over weight, are 63 percent more likely to be over weight as adults and we know that drinking fructose and other sugars found in the drinks is associated with an increased risk of disease among the

adolesence and also estimates between 48 million, and 61.8 million represents the cost incurred by san franciscans with obesity and diabetes, and those that are attributable to sugary drinks and so decreasing the drink consumption can really help our population and lighten the grocery bill and because the tap water is the best option. the recent study estimated that over a ten-year period, reducing the drink by 15 percent among adults could prevent, 2.4 million, diabetes, and 95,000 coronary heart, events and 8,000 strokes and 6,000 premature deaths and so it is a priority for the health department and i urge you to keep it as a priority and continue the good work that the district has done on this

issue, thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is roberto viga and i am here to speak tonight as a resident of the bay view where i have lived since 1989 the same year that i graduate fromed mission high school where my father grad graduate and our community suffers from the highest rates of diabetes and the highest rates of er visits as a result of the er visits and the highest rates of hospitalizations resulting from long term hospitalizations resulting from diabetes related illness, and we have the largest african american population in san francisco with the fastest growing, with fast growing latino and api populations on that side of town and in san francisco, african american and latino adults have the highest rates of over weight and obesity,

with nearly three quauters of us, either over weight or obese, and pacific islanders at nearly 100 percent, over weight or obese. i got my masters in public health here at san francisco state university and i have study obesity related diseases disparities. and the current policy proposals of supervisors mar and weiner reflect the best current science, with regards to the institute of medicine and the recommendation for example. about how local governments can work to reduce consumption and work to mitigate the impacts of obesity related disease. and we know that from the search the children of color are disproportionately exposed to sugary drinks advertising, and we know that san francisco is low income communities consume soda and suffering from

diabetes and other obesity related disease. and the soda tax policies, proposed, charging a fee for the distribution of this, and using the dollars to increase the access to healthy food, public drinking water, and improving the parks and providing other physical activity opportunities and so, i ask you to support these policies tonight, for the health of san francisco's children. and san francisco's families thank you very much. >> >> good evening, my name is todd david and i am the parent of three public school children in san francisco. and i am also the co-foupd founder of the san francisco political action committee where about a month ago, we were visited by supervisor mar and representatives from supervisor weiner and we have fully endorsed this measure and we think that it is an important measure sur that is going to improve the health of our children in san francisco and i am not going come in here

and talk about the policy and i think that the policy and the research speaks for itself and the only complaints that i have heard about this measure are completely political and the first one was that people have been saying that this could hurt the reauthorization. and the san francisco unified and i think that we pride ourselves on being data driven and here is pulling from the university of san francisco mccarthy school of public policy and pulling on the reauthorization of the fund and the children's amendment. and the top line approval rating, 86 percent of the population approves the reauthorization of the public education and enrichment fund and 85 percent of the population approves for the reauthorization of the children's amendment and so anyone who is saying, that the sugary beverage tax with pull down, pulling 35 do 36 percent has a personal political agenda

or works for the american beverage association. and the math just is not there and if we are going to be a data-driven district, we can't be only data driven when the data works the way that we want it to work, if it is inconvenient politically that the data tells what the data tell us, we still have to listen to the data and so i have five copy ts of this poll and you happy to share with it anyone who likes it and that is whatvy to say. >> okay. >> next speaker, thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. and superintendent cars, i am with the united educators fp san francisco and for the past couple of years, united educators have talked about how important it is to take care of the whole child and every child can success in school. and the nutrition is very much a part of that. taxing sugary beverages will

not prohibit the purchase of sugary beverages and not entering a new prohibition era and finding the ways of discouraging all of us and including young people from drinking the sugary beverages will help us to make wise and her hel ygt choice and help the kids in school. and while the concept of using the revenues from the tax to be used to support the child nutrition and the activity and programs is a great idea, and i of course, i am sure with all of the rest of you look forward to the day where we don't have to rely on the sin, taxes and we have all of the money that we need to take care of our kids every day. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners, superintendent carranza and of course our youth delegates. my name is walton and we come to speak as a parent and as a youth advocate and as someone who works and spends a great

deal with the youth here in san francisco and we have heard a lot of conversation with the health disparity and diabetes and strokes and some of the disease and some of the health issues that are caused by obesity that are caused by soda and sugary beverage and of course, a lot of our populations suffer from most of these health disparities and i really came to together, not only about the health disparities but also about the opportunity that this is going to be and how this is going to actually effect the district in our students and our schools, and the district has already banned the soda from the schools which is a great job, and that is important, and someone who is a father, who has raised children and know how hard it is to say no to kids when they ask for things that they want, as a god parent now and as someone who works and mentors a lot of young children, it is hard, it is a hard choice, sometimes, but if we have to make it harder for the family and parents, to make

a choice, that could negatively impact their child or someone else's child, and i am definitely and i am in full support of that and if we look at the economic factor and the opportunity for the district, it looks like it is going to be about a estimated 2 million dollars a year that will come into the district for the physical education programs and programs that will allow us to educate our children and keep them healthy, and keep them from making choices that are going to effect their health, and negatively so. and i am definitely in support of this and i applaud superintendent mar and weiner and cohen for working on this legislation, and i will be there to support them every step of the way and speaking for this in the community and working with the parents and the families as we worked to make better options for our children, thank you. >> good ink, superintendent, and commissioners and youth delegate and first for the resolution, this is from

antigony. for all of you, thank you. my name is mark. >> could you please >> identify yourself? >> my name is mark murphy and i am a member of the community, and very involved in the youth and the youth out comes and one of the things that is the most important to me is that insuring that our youth are coming to school ready to learn in the right way i want to say that in 1994, head to the major u.s. tobacco companies testified before congress that the evidence that the smoking caused cancer and heart desize was inconclusive and they were not addictive and did not market to children, less than one months, a box containing a confident departments from the tobacco corporation was delivered to the university of california at the san francisco but it was revealed in these documents is that the tobacco industry had known that at the considered premature death and consider ited to be addictive

and to support that the research had been a sham and i encourage you and all of you at the board to shine a bright light on the sugary beverage industry, and in supporting this resolution, the science, speaks for itself. and we know what it is, we know what it is doing to our children, and we know what that means for our children between 7:30 and 2:40 when they are with us every day, thank you. >> good evening, superintendent and commissioners, my name is mark and i am a teacher and on special assignment in the community support department and once a week, i have the joy of working at tender loin community school, this thursday i will be teaching two first grade classes about the importance of drinking tap water and eating whole fruits and vegetables and not

consuming sugary beverage and we will be using otter who loves to drink water. first graders do a good job at filling in the blanks. so, i am here to encourage the members of the board to unanimously support this resolution, this resolution alines with and supports our work in addressing the health disparties and over weight and diabetes and heart disease in the school communities and it alines with the tier one plan and the multitiered and supports the work of the many partners and the department of public health and the san francisco health improvement partnership and the mission promised neighborhoods and the folks and all of the folks who are working to provide, healthy environments for the students and families. and i am a member of the food and fitness advisory committee and we are working on revising the wellness policy and we look

forward to your continued support if we address the issues related to the sugarry beverages in the healthy school environments and the workplace environments and for the past 12 years i have coordinated the nutrition project and we have reached over 40 schools all around the school district with nutrition and education for students. and for family and for staff. and this year, we lost 70 percent of our funding. and going from last year, of 30 schools to this year, just a small handful of schools and with this resolution, the board with its support, and it just has the potential of providing funding for the comprehensive fed, including the physical education programs and for the nutrition, and for the child nutrition programs, and so thank you. >> good evening and, thank you to everyone. i am very excited that we are

here to support the tax for sugar sweetened beverages and i would like to always row model when i am in my classes so if the people have to purchase, the beverages >> excuse me. >> could you identify yourself for the record? >> okay, my name is sieta hices and i am a nutrition coordinator and i teach the staff wellness to para professional and teachers. and so i like to role model and make sure that we have our water with fruit in it to give the students and the staff an alternative right up front of what they can purchase or make at home with tap water and madrines and i am excited that we have gone really far with our resolution foods, and contract, and we have our ido and we are really setting up the environment for what we want to do with foods and this is one more step and in terms of the education component and impart that have 30 percent that is left from the department and i was thrilled today to walk in the door and

have a young woman come up to me and say you don't remember me. but you taught me my first nutrition lesson and now, i am, part of the sh, the liaison, working with the school district, with the police department. and so the nutrition lessons go beyond just the health and makes the student brave to go out there in the world. one of the other things that i am really excited about is when i taught a lesson with paul reveer last year and we are talking about the soda, and he said, you mean to tell me, that if i tell my grandpa to stop drinking soda that he can begin to reverse his diabetes and so these are the things that i want to make sure that when the resolution goes forward and gets passed that we designate the funds for nutrition education. so that we can sort of educate our position out of a job because the students and staff will know what to do.