Grimes: Highest Gas Prices, New Tire Restrictions: Democrats Inflicting More Economic Pain on CA Residents

We are being taxed to death by Democrats in California

In March, Democrats in the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee killed Senate Bill 1035 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) which would have provided immediate relief for California drivers at the gas pump by lowering the price of a gallon of gas by $1.08. SB 1035, the Gas Tax Relief Act, would have helped every driver in California. But Democrats would not offer that lifeline to the state’s residents.

Senate Bill 1035 would have provided immediate cost relief to Californians by temporarily suspending the state gas tax, The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), and The LCFS cap-and-trade compliance mechanism, totaling approximately $1.08 per gallon, and saving a typical household with two drivers $1,100 per year.

Gas prices today in California average $5.61 per gallon – highest in the nation and higher than even Hawaii. Lowering the price by $1.08 per gallon would take California’s average gas price down to $4.53 per gallon, and could save $21.60 per tank of gas. Even the reduction in price is still higher than the national average. But most people would gladly accept it.

Last week the California Energy Commission decided to implement a 20+ year old bill to pass new rules restricting tire sales in the state.

Assembly Bill 844 “directs the California Energy Commission to adopt a Replacement Tire Efficiency Program to ensure replacement tires for passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold in California are at least as energy-efficient as the tires sold as original equipment on new vehicles.”