SBX1 – 2 – California Globe

Ringside: How to Save California’s Oil and Gas Industry

May 23, 2025 3:00 amMay 23, 2025 3:01 am

For anyone unconcerned about the state’s ongoing war against the oil and gas industry, or the impact it is going to have on California’s economic health and overall cost-of-living, a study released on May 5 should be required reading. With strong arguments and...

Californians Paying 140% More For Electricity than Other States

March 14, 2024 2:55 amMarch 15, 2024 11:50 am

Electricity in Taft, California costs 275% more than what electricity costs in Bullhead City, Arizona. While residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco may feel comfortably smug hundreds of miles away from the Kern County city, it is rare to...

Gov. Newsom Bulldozing Californians with Draconian Climate Change and Electrification

March 11, 2024 2:45 amMarch 12, 2024 6:29 am

In March, 2023 the California Assembly jammed SBX1-2, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, through an expedited hearing, pretending that was enough exposure to the public, and debated the bill and voted on it. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax created a new...

Senate Democrats Reject Measure to Lower the Price of California Gas by $1 a Gallon

September 13, 2023 8:41 amSeptember 13, 2023 8:42 am

While Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended taxes on diesel and gasoline to provide relief from high inflation, California Democrats refused to support an amendment to suspend the state’s gas taxes and fees for one year, which would lower gas...

Gov. Newsom Selects Anti-Trust Lawyer Tai Milder As First Division of Petroleum Market Oversight Director

August 2, 2023 2:30 amAugust 2, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that former antitrust prosecutor Tai Milder will lead the new Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, the new office created under the recently passed SBx1-2 “gas price gouging” law. SBx1-2, authored by Senator Nancy Skinner...

California ‘Gas Price Gouging’ Law Now in Effect

June 28, 2023 2:30 amJune 28, 2023 6:20 am

A new law designed to stop price gouging by oil companies went into effect Monday, only three months after Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 2 into law. For years, Governor Newsom and other legislators have targeted oil companies for...

Gov. Newsom Brags that Rest of Country Wants His Gas Tax Scheme

April 12, 2023 8:40 amApril 13, 2023 11:44 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, as it is being called in many circles, creates a new panel of unelected bureaucrats with subpoena power, to investigate oil and gas companies, impose penalties, new costs and regulations, which would inevitably lead to...