by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe

If you like your car, you can keep your car’ could become the big government fib of 2021

After filling up my gas tank Sunday, I was stunned at the total – $92.79. That’s because gas prices in California are rapidly climbing again, as they did in 2019. Sunday’s gas was $4.19 for Regular Unleaded, $4.29 for Unleaded, and $4.39 for Premium at a gas station in the City of Sacramento.

AAA shows the national average gas price is $2.90 and California’s average is $4.04. Ouch.

Adding insult to injury is California’s special blend of gas, which changes twice a year, from a winter formula to a summer formula.

And, when voters voted down Proposition 6 in 2018, they essentially approved more future gas tax increases. A YES vote would have repealed the gas tax imposed by the California Legislature in 2017. A NO vote approved more gas tax increases.

“The price in the most-expensive U.S. fuel market is up about 10 cents over the last month, according to AAA, amid a rally in crude oil and expanding fuel demand nationwide, Yahoo/Bloomberg reported. “Gasoline consumption across the country is on track for its third straight monthly increase, which would be the longest streak since last summer, Energy Information Administration figures showed.”

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