{"id":8617,"date":"2022-04-26T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8617"},"modified":"2022-04-26T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:30:45","slug":"democrats-to-miss-deadline-to-avoid-july-gas-tax-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8617","title":{"rendered":"Democrats to Miss Deadline to Avoid July Gas Tax Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published by the Assembly Republicans<\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>April 26, 2022<\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 Democrats have acknowledged <a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=b320fbbfa3&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3Db320fbbfa3%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651082639447000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ft-zEpLR1VXJ6BQUSd8pp\">they will miss a key deadline<\/a>\u00a0to delay a $500 million gas tax increase set for July 1. Despite inflation at a 40-year high and gas prices $1.55 above the national average, Democrats\u2019 inaction means Californians will be paying even more for their commutes this summer.\u00a0<em>Apparently the highest gas prices in the country aren\u2019t high enough for Capitol Dems<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is pathetic \u2013 Democrats have pretty much given up on providing relief to struggling Californians,\u201d said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City). \u201cRegular people are having to make hard choices about what part of their household budgets to cut. By allowing yet another gas tax increase, Democratic politicians are making those choices even harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to refusing to suspend the upcoming gas tax increase, legislative Democrats have voted repeatedly against a Republican plan to suspend the entirety of the state gas tax and reduce costs by 50 cents per gallon. A number of other states have passed bipartisan gas tax suspensions, which immediately brought prices down.<\/p>\n<p>If you are curious how long Californians have been waiting since Governor Newsom promised relief from high gas prices, visit our \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252&amp;id=4a934b33b1&amp;e=c022a8ef23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/assembly.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252%26id%3D4a934b33b1%26e%3Dc022a8ef23&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1651082639447000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_ne7Xj12zkOOEBbOASo_0\">Capitol Democrats Are All Talk Timer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published by the Assembly Republicans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 SACRAMENTO \u2013 Democrats have acknowledged they will miss a key deadline\u00a0to delay a $500 million gas tax increase set for July 1. Despite inflation at a 40-year high and gas prices $1.55 above the national average, Democrats\u2019 inaction means Californians will be paying&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrats to Miss Deadline to Avoid July Gas Tax Increase - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8617\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrats to Miss Deadline to Avoid July Gas Tax Increase - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Originally published by the Assembly Republicans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 SACRAMENTO \u2013 Democrats have acknowledged they will miss a key deadline\u00a0to delay a $500 million gas tax increase set for July 1. 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