hard to get a pass and i did not succeed in richmond but i think richmond deserves a lot of credit, dr. riter man deserves a lot of credit. sometimes when you go first, you don't always prevail but you lay down the groundwork for other people to come after and succeed which i think we will did here. we are seeing already as occurs everywhere that this proposal comes up, a strong reaction from the beverage industry. we already see and have heard about paid and compelling. we know that we've had an explosion in diabetes, obesity and other health ailments related to sugary beverages. we know that in percentage of calories in our diet in terms of beverages has exploded just in terms of proportion of calories from sugar. the contribution to sugary beverages is almost half. we used to call it onset adult diabetes but we don't because these beverages are given to our kids. we know through scientific studies this kind of tax will reduce consumption of beverages and will save lives. we know that we are facing huge massive cost to the point where there are hospitals who are concerned about the future f

we are trying to draw the best experiences and suggestions from not only dr. riter man in richmond and gale mclauk listen and el monte in the san gabriel valleyey to look at suggestions to help better craft policies in our cities. i also want to say that disparities that christina gupta are bringing awareness to our very critical areas and the maps showing that it's a citywide problem. but again, the funds as we come up with one proposal for the battle we are looking very carefully at targeting in the most appropriate and effective ways to communities that are the most that face the most health disparities. i also want to say how to report shows how urgent the report is before many of us and hope we move as quickly as possible because there is nothing more as local legislators as the health of our children in our community. i want to mention that the nation of mexico's focus on the environment cause by harmful drink companies and junk food companies is critical but our measure is a very modest one that is focusing on the harm created by that environment and really t