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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today on the Senate Floor, the California Senate voted on a bill sponsored by Governor Newsom, ABX2-1. The measure passed on a party-line vote.
ABX2-1, authorizes the California Energy Commission to develop and impose requirements for refiners to maintain minimum levels of inventories of refined transportation fuels. The Governor proposed the bill as part of the special session of the Legislature he called in August.
After hearing from industry stakeholders and community leaders from around California at a meeting of the Senate Special Committee on Fuel Supply and Price Spikes earlier this week, Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) concluded that the state’s heavy-handed regulations blocking new fuel supplies or even storage are the heart of the problem with high and volatile gasoline prices, and the governor’s proposed new mandates will only make a bad situation worse.
“The Governor and Sacramento Democrats claim they are helping consumers, but this state’s hostile energy regulations and high taxes are driving up California’s gas prices, and I don’t trust that more government interference is actually going to save Californians money. The government is profiting more than anyone from the various gas taxes. Let's start by suspending those taxes to help with high prices,” stated Dahle.
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Senator Brian Dahle represents California's 1st Senate District, which contains all or portions of 15 counties, including Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Shasta. Also serving deferred areas of Tehama, Butte, Colusa, and Glenn counties.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today on the Senate Floor, the California Senate voted on a bill sponsored by Governor Newsom, ABX2-1. The measure passed on a party-line vote.
ABX2-1, authorizes the California Energy Commission to develop and impose requirements for refiners to maintain minimum levels of inventories of refined transportation fuels. The Governor proposed the bill as part of the special session of the Legislature he called in August.
After hearing from industry stakeholders and community leaders from around California at a meeting of the Senate Special Committee on Fuel Supply and Price Spikes earlier this week, Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) concluded that the state’s heavy-handed regulations blocking new fuel supplies or even storage are the heart of the problem with high and volatile gasoline prices, and the governor’s proposed new mandates will only make a bad situation worse.
“The Governor and Sacramento Democrats claim they are helping consumers, but this state’s hostile energy regulations and high taxes are driving up California’s gas prices, and I don’t trust that more government interference is actually going to save Californians money. The government is profiting more than anyone from the various gas taxes. Let's start by suspending those taxes to help with high prices,” stated Dahle.
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Senator Brian Dahle represents California's 1st Senate District, which contains all or portions of 15 counties, including Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Shasta. Also serving deferred areas of Tehama, Butte, Colusa, and Glenn counties.
