{"id":1485108,"date":"2022-05-20T07:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1485108"},"modified":"2022-05-20T07:30:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T11:30:59","slug":"california-gas-prices-shatter-prior-record-rise-to-average-6-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gas-prices-shatter-prior-record-rise-to-average-6-05\/","title":{"rendered":"California Gas Prices Shatter Prior Record, Rise to Average $6.05"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-gas-prices-shatter-prior-record-rise-to-average-6-05%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1485108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2021-11\/gas%20tank.jpg?h=119335f7&#038;itok=YYB2ku0f\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>California\u2019s average price for a gallon of gas shattered previous records on Wednesday, swelling to an average price of $6.05 per gallon, <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to AAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The record-breaking prices come after California saw costs slightly decrease throughout April, following a $5.90 per gallon peak at the end of March. While California has the highest average price per gallon, prices are up nationwide, reaching a national average of $4.567 per gallon as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonally, California gas prices typically rise in the spring as the state switches over to a more expensive blend of gas for pollution control. This latest rise in prices, however, has nothing to do with switching to the \u201csummer blend\u201d of gas, which the state began using in February, Marie Montgomery Nordhues, a spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California, told The Center Square in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Nordhues said the latest price increases come after the European Union proposed ceasing the use of Russian oil in member countries, which has \u201ccreated a lot of uncertainty worldwide about meeting future oil and gasoline needs.\u201d She noted that refiners in the U.S. and Canada have begun shipping diesel fuel to Europe to \u201cbackfill their supply needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat in turn has created a potential shortage of diesel in the U.S. and also lower inventories of regular gasoline,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is all on top of existing inflation pressures, which are made even worse by the high diesel prices since that affects the cost of everything via shipping expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What about rebates?<\/p>\n<p>To bring relief to consumers at the pump, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed an $11.5 billion rebate package in his <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/california\/newsom-unveils-18-1-billion-relief-package-to-address-inflation\/article_c06ebc06-d243-11ec-ab55-ff096ebbdbff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revised state budget<\/a>. Under the proposal, he wants to provide $400 to every registered vehicle owner, with a cap of two cars per individual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are feeling deep stress, deep anxiety,\u201d Newsom said during the May Revise budget presentation last Friday. \u201cYou see that reflected in recent gas prices now beginning to go back up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor expressed a desire to get the rebates out as quickly as possible on Friday, but it could still be weeks until consumers receive relief money, the <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-05-11\/california-gas-rebates-may-not-arrive-until-late-summer-or-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times reported last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom and the Legislature must agree on a budget framework by mid-June, which includes discussions regarding the governor\u2019s rebate proposal. Leading lawmakers, however, have been working on their own proposal to provide $200 relief checks to individuals and dependents who make under a certain income.<\/p>\n<p>The plan, dubbed the \u201cBetter for Families Tax Rebate,\u201d would use $8 billion to deliver rebates to individuals and families who make up to $125,000 for single filers and $250,000 for joint filers. Each taxpayer would receive $200, with an additional $200 made available per dependent.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal remains a part of budget discussions, and top lawmakers have outright said they disagree with Newsom\u2019s approach to delivering rebates. In a statement, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, said \u201cSenate Democrats do not believe a rebate tied to car ownership does the job,\u201d noting that it leaves out non-car owners and low-income Californians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know prices are too high and supplies are too low,\u201d Atkins said. \u201cThe Senate is working to make sure Californians get rebates \u2013 not just passing along a one-size-fits-all windfall that benefits millionaires.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another group of lawmakers in the bipartisan California Problem Solvers Caucus has also <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/california\/california-lawmakers-announce-bipartisan-year-long-gas-tax-suspension-bill\/article_06b5864a-c736-11ec-9ab8-836f2e4727c6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floated a proposal<\/a> to suspend the gas tax for a year. The proposal, contained in <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 2457<\/a>, has yet to receive a committee hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Proposals to suspend the gas tax have received pushback from several lawmakers in recent months who say doing so would not guarantee any real relief for consumers and would threaten ongoing infrastructure projects funded by the tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California\u2019s average price for a gallon of gas shattered previous records on Wednesday, swelling to an average price of $6.05 per gallon, according to AAA.The record-breaking prices come after California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1485108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1485108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1485108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1485108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}