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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: SVPete on September 10, 2026, 09:07:38 AM
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California Has the Nation’s Highest Gas Prices—Who’s to Blame?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/09/california-nations-highest-gas-prices/ (https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/09/california-nations-highest-gas-prices/)
California families pay nearly $1.70 more per gallon of gas than the national average, according to data from AAA.
The average price for a gallon of regular gas in California reached $5.88 on Wednesday, compared with $4.22 nationwide. Diesel prices in the state have climbed even higher, reaching a record average of $7.87 per gallon.
That makes gas more expensive in California than in any other U.S. state, and the gap has fueled a political fight over why California drivers are paying considerably more than motorists elsewhere in the country.
Gov. Gavin Newsom took to X on Monday to sarcastically thank President Donald Trump for rising gas prices, as his administration has pointed to the conflict with Iran and disruptions to global oil markets as major drivers of the recent nationwide increase.
But while those pressures have pushed prices higher across the country, California drivers are still paying significantly more than the national average.
Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., told the Daily Signal that California’s own energy policies have contributed to that disparity.
“California’s gas crisis is the result of poor policy and incompetent leadership. Gavin Newsom has shuttered refineries, blocked domestic production, driven the highest gas taxes in the country, and made California dependent on foreign oil from Iraq and Brazil,” he said.
It's commonplace among conservatives in other states to call out CA's highest in the nation gas taxes, which they are, https://www.destinationcharged.com/tools/fuel-tax/ . BUT, the difference accounts for less than 1/3 of CA's price difference from the national average.
I'm going to have to differ partly from Angelina Delfin in her blaming Goobernor Noisome for CA's high gas prices. He's been disastrous, but he's only been in office some 8 years. Sacramento's war against oil exploration, production, and refining goes back 50 years or more.