WSPA – California Globe

Gov. Newsom Claims He ‘Stabilized’ California’s Highest-in-the-Nation Gas Prices

September 23, 2025 11:31 amSeptember 23, 2025 11:39 am

AAA reports today that the national average gas price is $3.17 per gallon. California’s average gas price per gallon is $4.65 – once again, the highest gas price per gallon in the nation. The high gas costs in California is...

Gavin Newsom Chases Another Oil Company Out of California

October 16, 2024 3:55 pmOctober 16, 2024 8:07 pm

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to close operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery late in 2025. The company said in a press statement that it “will work with the state of California to supply fuel markets and meet...

California’s Gas Supply Restrictions Lead Gavin Newsom to World Stage

October 14, 2024 11:06 amOctober 14, 2024 11:06 am

How is California Governor Gavin Newsom going to jump back onto the national stage? Once his role as Joe Biden’s surrogate presidential candidate was shattered as Democrats replaced him with Kamala Harris, how could Newsom remain present in order to...

Chevron Sends Letter to CA Legislature Lambasting Newsom’s Oil/Gas Proposal

October 9, 2024 7:54 amOctober 9, 2024 7:55 am

Chevron President Andy Walz sent a letter Tuesday condemning Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to decrease the state’s gas supply, which will clearly result in even higher gas prices at the pump, saying he seeks to address “some of the inaccurate...

California Senate Special Committee on Fuel/Price Spikes Passes Gov. Newsom’s Bill to Create Gas Shortages

October 8, 2024 7:42 amOctober 8, 2024 1:10 pm

You are probably getting tired of me rhetorically asking, “If the ‘Big Oil’ companies are so greedy, why are they only greedy in California and not greedy in every state?” The California Senate Special Committee on Fuel Supply and Price...

Gov. Newsom’s Artificial Gas Shortage Plan: Playing Politics with Fuel

October 1, 2024 4:08 pmOctober 1, 2024 5:16 pm

If the ‘Big Oil’ companies are so greedy, why are they only greedy in California and not greedy in every state? California’s Assembly Democrats voted Tuesday to pass Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to decrease the state’s gas supply, which will...

California Energy Commission Kangaroo Court Hearing on CA Gas Prices

December 1, 2022 2:55 amDecember 6, 2022 3:52 pm

Gov. Newsom has called a special session of the Legislature on December 5 in order to propose a new tax on oil companies to raise the price of gasoline in California – again. Californians already pay the highest gas taxes...