Episode 389: Using The Big Tobacco Playbook, The City of San Francisco Sues Big Food

In a historic first, San Francisco's city attorney has filed a lawsuit against some of the largest U.S. manufacturers of ultra-processed foods that he says have made Americans sick. Chiu argued the foods have created a health care crisis that has led to serious chronic diseases, which ultimately places a burden on U.S. cities. Chiu claimed the companies have copied the "addiction science and marketing techniques that filled the big tobacco playbook. Is this a harbinger of other lawsuits to come? We’ll take a look.And One Fair Wage unveiled new polling on Capitol Hill this week showing broad voter support for raising the federal minimum wage to at least $25/hr, underscoring how affordability and wage concerns are poised to shape the 2026 election cycle. We will dig into that as well.We’ll talk about those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.