The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on imposing the fee on wholesalers and distributors that would add about 3 cents to a 12-ounce bottle of beer, 4.5 cents to a 6-ounce glass of wine and 3.5 cents to a standard drink with 1.5 ounces of hard alcohol.
The city controller's office says the proposed fee would pull in about $16 million a year.
The money would be used to help cover expenses the taxpayers end up paying for such as emergency room visits that are never paid for, prevention programs, a sobering center, ambulance transports and other costs linked to alcohol abuse.
The alcohol and hospitality industries oppose the fee, arguing that it would hurt business and kill jobs.
