SACRAMENTO – Despite California drivers consistently paying the highest gas prices in the country, Democrats aren’t serious about bringing costs down. How do we know?
- More than a year after signing legislation to create an advisory commission on gas prices, Newsom has yet to appoint anyone to it. Even Democrats pointed this out at Monday’s hearing.
- Newsom’s California Energy Commission is three months late on a refinery management report. Despite the fact that Newsom’s agencies don’t seem to be running effectively or efficiently, he’s still pushing for new regulations.
- Newsom’s own administration has admitted that new regulations could cause gas prices to spike another $0.47 cents a gallon next year. Despite the insanity of this number, Newsom hasn’t raised any concerns or indicated he’s interested in avoiding crushing drivers at the pump.
- Republicans had to wait four months for a response from the California Air Resource Board to simple questions about the cost of Newsom’s climate policies on drivers.
- Assembly Democrats refused to vote on Republican bills that would have lowered the price of gas immediately, such as suspending the gas tax and exempting gas from Cap-and-Trade.
- Despite warnings from the California Energy Commission that the scheme could increase gas prices, Democrat lawmakers are falling in line behind Newsom’s refinery mandate.
Make no mistake, Newsom is doing everything he can to make gas more expensive — and his Democrat allies in the Legislature are complicit in his deception.
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