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.

By Tom Elias, VENTURA COUNTY STAR https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/03/27/is-the-gas-gougers-win-streak-coming-to-an-end/70052217007/ California’s wealthy cadre of gasoline gougers were on a major, lucrative roll. Every few months, they added another big victory over consumerist forces seeking...

By Eliyahu Kamisher, EAST BAY TIMES https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03/27/california-nears-approval-of-nations-first-big-oil-watchdog-heres-how-it-would-work/ In a bid to tamp down the Golden State’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices, California lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to set up the country’s first...

The bill would give Californians the ability to set a penalty level in which the oil refineries would pay a penalty for making too much off their per-gallon profits, the gross refining margin.

Sacramento, CA -- A landmark measure to rein in skyrocketing California gasoline prices has cleared the California Senate by a vote of 30 to 8.  “This bill puts a watchdog...

By The Office of Governor Gavin Newsom https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/03/23/what-theyre-saying-governor-newsoms-proposal-to-hold-big-oil-accountable/ “Profits from California were 30% higher than anywhere else in the world”“We in California are systematically being gouged”“It’s a data-driven approach that couldn’t...

SBx1 2, the newly amended proposal for a price gouging penalty and oil refiner transparency, passed its first test in the California Senate Utilities, Energy and Commerce Committee

By Andrew Sheeler, THE SACRAMENTO BEE https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article273371015.html#storylink=cpy Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! NEWSOM, DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE LEADERS UNVEIL PLAN TO CREATE GAS PRICE WATCHDOG The California Energy Commission would be empowered...