Tag: Gas Tax
GOP Lawmakers Renew Push for 6 Month Gas Tax Moratorium with Looming Gas Price Hikes
A push by GOP California lawmakers to suspend the state gas tax for six months received a renewed push this week following the state gas average climbing to over $5 a gallon. While a reduced number of gasoline production facilities,...
California’s Highest-in-the-Nation Gas and Diesel Taxes
California has the nation’s highest prices for gasoline and diesel fuels, coming in as high as $5.57 per gallon of gas, according to AAA. The cost of a tank of gas for a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 24.6 gallon...
California’s Death Tax Unleashed a Callous Tax Increase on Californians Grieving the Death of a Loved One
Californians face some of the highest taxes in the nation. We have the highest gas, personal income, and state sales tax in the country. Yet, for 35 years we haven’t had a death tax, until the narrow passage of Prop....
California’s Senate Republicans Call for Gas Tax Holiday Ahead of July 1st Gas Tax Increase
California’s already sky-high gas prices are going up again on July 1st because of the 2017 controversial gas tax law, Senate Bill 1. Titled the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, SB 1 was signed into law by then-Gov....
Are California Roads Still a Mess Even When Cities and Counties are Receiving Millions From Gas Tax?
California has the highest gas taxes in the country, and some of the worst roads and highways. Californians were promised that if voters refused to repeal Senate Bill 1, the gas tax, as Proposition 6 on the ballot in 2018,...
Governor’s Theft of Gas Tax Funding: Reduction in Auto Lanes, Increased Bike Fatalities
Sacramento, La Quinta and San Luis Obispo are among the cities that have been awarded gas tax dollars to create protected bike lanes by eliminating or reducing the size of lanes used by motor vehicles. When Governor Newsom signed Executive...