Newsom’s Gas Price Crusade Morphs Into Bid to Keep Refiners Open

  • While California’s gas prices are among the nation’s highest, they vary widely from station to station.
  • Last month, the state’s newly created Division of Petroleum Market Oversight released its first annual report.
  • Gov. Newsom governor has changed his tune about Big Oil and is trying to stave off refinery closures.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Earlier this week, I pulled my 24-year-old SUV into a Sacramento gas station for its weekly — more or less— fill-up. It was 14.5 gallons at $4.05, plus the ever-mysterious 9/10 of a cent, per gallon.

CalMatters

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS