{"id":2037577,"date":"2023-09-19T15:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-average-gas-price-tops-6-a-gallon\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:59:45","slug":"los-angeles-average-gas-price-tops-6-a-gallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-average-gas-price-tops-6-a-gallon\/","title":{"rendered":"LA gas prices exceed $6 per gallon on average."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Flos-angeles-average-gas-price-tops-6-a-gallon%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=2037577&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Gas Prices Soar to \u200bOver $6 a Gallon in Southern \u200bCalifornia<\/h2>\n<p>Gas prices in some\u2062 Southern California counties have skyrocketed to an average\u2064 of over $6 a gallon,\u2064 marking the highest prices in nearly a year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u200dof Tuesday, the average gas price of regular gasoline \u2064in Los Angeles and Orange counties was more than $6 a\u200c gallon \u2014 $6.027 in Los Angeles County and $6.022 in Orange\u2064 County, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/gas-prices-la-county-refinery-problems\/13800035\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to data from the AAA and Oil Price Information \u200bService.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the price has exceeded $6 since October of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Both Southern\u200d California counties have experienced a surge of over a dollar\u200d in gas prices over the past two months. Ventura County has \u200ban average\u2064 cost of $6 \u2064a gallon, while\u2062 San Diego \u200dCounty averages $5.947.<\/p>\n<p>AAA reports \u2062that three California counties bordering Nevada also have an average gas price of \u2063over $6 a\u2062 gallon: Alpine ($6.999), Mono ($6.508), and\u200c Inyo ($6.143).<\/p>\n<p>Several factors have contributed to the rise \u2064in gas \u200bprices, including OPEC countries like Saudi Arabia <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/opec-oil-prices-saudi-arabia-russia-8d70999cb8258aebc3edbfdfcae278b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slashing<\/a> oil production earlier this summer. The Saudis reduced oil production by one\u2064 million barrels per day starting in\u2062 July, causing crude oil prices to surge.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cOil costs are putting upward pressure on pump prices, but the rise is tempered by much lower demand,\u201d<\/b> said \u200cAndrew Gross, an AAA national public relations manager.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/national-average-gas-price-surges-to-highest-level-since-obama-era\/\" title=\"National Average Gas Price Surges To Highest Level Since Obama Era\">national gas price average<\/a> \u2063currently stands at $3.88 \u200ba gallon,\u2062 which is 20.3 cents higher than a year ago.\u200c The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-costing-buyers-5-on-average-for-first-time-in-san-diego\/\" title=\"Gas Costing Buyers  on Average for First Time in San Diego\">national average reached<\/a> a \u200crecord\u2062 high\u2062 of $5.016 a gallon in late June \u200bof last year.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Biden\u200b administration has recently highlighted the decrease in gas prices from that peak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf\u2064 you look at what we\u2019ve been able to \u2063do\u2064 from last summer \u2062to \u2063this summer \u2014 lowering gas prices by a dollar twenty cents, that is because of the work that this administration has done,\u201d\u200c White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/13\/business\/biden-gas-prices-inflation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> this \u200cmonth.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, the administration has repeatedly taken credit for occasional dips in gas \u2063prices, despite\u200d the overall high prices that have burdened Americans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>President Biden&#8217;s Gas Price Misstatement<\/h3>\n<p>A year ago in September, President Biden falsely claimed that the average gas price was below $2.99 in 41\u2062 states and the District of Columbia. In reality, the average gas price at the time was only under $3.99, not $2.99.<\/p>\n<p>After news outlets pointed out the error, the White\u2062 House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/23\/politics\/fact-check-biden-gas-prices-unemployment-rate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corrected<\/a> the official transcript of Biden\u2019s remarks to reflect the accurate figure\u2062 of $3.99.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to get those gas prices down again, I\u2064 promise you,\u201d\u2063 Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/09\/14\/oil-prices-chart-forecast-inflation-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last \u200cweek.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-dragged-touting-gas-price-drop-americans-struggle-make-ends-meet-what-planet-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called \u2063on<\/a> Biden to take responsibility when gas\u200b prices rise, but the administration has been reluctant to do so. Some \u2064have also\u2063 pointed out\u200c that\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-reach-6-year-high-amid-shortages\/\" title=\"Gas Prices Reach 6-Year High Amid Shortages\">national average gas price<\/a> the day before Biden took office\u200d was $2.38, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2021\/01\/new-year-sees-gas-prices-steadily-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to AAA,\u200d which is over a dollar less than the current average of $3.83.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, gas prices were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/09\/14\/oil-prices-chart-forecast-inflation-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading cause<\/a> of a 0.6% increase in \u200dinflation during August.<\/p>\n<p>With election \u200bseason underway, gas prices are likely to play a\u200d prominent role in the political discourse, particularly regarding the Biden\u2063 administration&#8217;s influence on\u200c price levels.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b Despite the rise in gas \u2062prices, why is there lower demand attributed\u2064 to various factors \u2062such as the \u2062ongoing pandemic\u2064 and transition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-objects-to-what-it-says-are-restrictive-federal-power-plant-goals\/\" title=\"Florida opposes federal power plant goals it deems restrictive.\">cleaner\u2062 energy sources<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span>  St few months, gas prices in Southern California have skyrocketed, reaching \u200ban\u2062 average of over $6 per gallon. This surge in \u200bprices\u2062 marks the highest they have been\u2062 in nearly\u200b a year, with the last time prices exceeding \u2064$6 being \u200cin October of last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service,\u200c the average gas price \u200cof regular gasoline in Los \u2063Angeles County was $6.027 per gallon, while in Orange County, it stood at $6.022 per gallon.\u2064 This significant increase in prices has \u2064been observed in other Southern California\u2064 counties as\u2063 well. Ventura County, for example, has an\u200d average cost of $6 per gallon, while \u2064San Diego County stands at $5.947 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>The high gas\u200d prices are not limited \u200bto Southern California. AAA reports \u2062that three California counties bordering Nevada, Alpine, Mono, and Inyo, also have an average gas price of over $6 per \u2062gallon.<\/p>\n<p>There are several factors\u200b contributing to this rise in gas prices. One significant factor\u2063 is the decision \u200dmade by OPEC countries, \u2064such as Saudi Arabia, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-average-gas-price-tops-6-a-gallon\/\" title=\"LA gas prices exceed  per gallon on average.\">slash oil production \u2063earlier<\/a> this \u2063summer. \u200cStarting in July, the\u2062 Saudis reduced oil production by one million barrels per day, causing crude oil prices to surge. This \u200bincrease in the cost of oil \u2062has put upward pressure on pump prices.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the rise in gas prices, there is much lower demand due to various \u200cfactors, including the ongoing pandemic and efforts to transition to cleaner\u2062 energy sources. According \u200bto Andrew Gross, an AAA national\u200d public \u200drelations \u200bmanager, \u200bthe\u2062 rise in gas\u200b prices is tempered by this lower demand.<\/p>\n<p>Comparatively, the national gas\u200c price\u2062 average currently stands at $3.88 per gallon, which is\u200b 20.3 cents higher \u200bthan a \u200cyear \u200cago. It\u200b is worth noting that the national average reached a record high of $5.016 per gallon in late June of last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has recently emphasized the decrease \u200cin gas prices from that peak,\u200d highlighting the work they have\u200b done to lower\u200c prices. The White House Press Secretary, Karine\u2063 Jean-Pierre, stated that the administration&#8217;s \u200befforts have contributed to lowering gas prices by a dollar twenty\u2062 cents \u2063from last summer to this summer.<\/p>\n<p>As gas prices continue to rise in\u200b Southern California and other parts of the country, it is essential to consider alternative\u200c energy \u2064sources and sustainable \u2062solutions. The transition to cleaner energy not only helps mitigate the impacts of fluctuating gas prices but also contributes to \u200creducing carbon emissions and combating climate \u200cchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices in certain Southern California counties have surged to an average of over $6 per gallon, reaching their highest point in almost a year. Los Angeles and Orange counties reported an average price of $6.027 per gallon for regular gasoline as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2037578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037577","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}