Wednesday in the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee, Democrats killed Senate Bill 1035 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach), which would have provided immediate relief for California drivers at the gas pump by lowering the price of a gallon of gas by $1.08. SB 1035, the Gas Tax Relief Act, would have offered a lifeline for drivers.
Gas prices today in California average $5.56 per gallon. Yesterday the average price was $5.54 per gallon. Lowering the price by $1.08 per gallon would take California’s average gas price down to $4.48 per gallon, and could save $21.60 per tank of gas.
USC Professor Michael Mische, a public policy expert on oil attended to testify in support of the bill. Professor Mische has long warned that gas in California would escalate to over $8.00 per gallon with the refinery closures and retributive state regulations on the oil and gas industry.
“To say I’m disappointed is an understatement. I’m frustrated because we have an opportunity to help working families at a time when we have an affordability crisis. Democrats in Sacramento refused to help struggling Californians,” said Senator Strickland.
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