Sacramento, CA -- A bill amended 72 hours before the end of the legislative session and passed in the dead of night without debate would undermine California’s new gasoline...

By Thomas Elias, THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2023/04/11/california-focus-gas-gougers-win-streak-comes-to-abrupt-end/ California's wealthy cadre of gasoline gougers were on a major, lucrative roll. Every few months, they added another big victory over consumerist forces...

By Lindsey Holden, Ari Plachta and Phillip Reese, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273734515.html Five months ago, Sacramento Sen. Angelique Ashby won her election with millions of dollars in support from an oil...

By George Skelton, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-30/column-newsom-learned-with-oil-bill-working-with-lawmakers-is-key-to-passing-laws SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom did something new — for him. He got aggressively engaged behind the scenes, negotiating with legislators. And it paid off. Personal,...

For more than two decades, Californians have been plagued by chronic gasoline price spikes and a much greater gap with US gasoline prices than is justified by added taxes and environmental costs.

By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/28/governor-newsom-signs-gas-price-gouging-law-california-took-on-big-oil-and-won/ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Following record gas price hikes and profits, Governor Newsom signed his special session bill to hold Big Oil accountable...

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By Dustin Gardiner, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-passes-oil-refinery-profits-bill-17859250.php After decades of failed attempts to combat California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices, legislators passed a measure Monday that could allow California to cap the...

By Taryn Luna, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-27/california-lawmakers-approve-legislature-passes-newsom-oil-bill?utm_id=91387&sfmc_id=2159508 California lawmakers on Monday approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s legislation to increase transparency in the oil industry, in the final hours of a special session he...

Legislation backed by Governor Newsom to create a new state watchdog with power to prevent price gouging at the gas pump cleared the California Assembly by a vote of 52 to 19 and is now awaiting the Governor’s signature.