{"id":9471,"date":"2023-03-29T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2023-03-29T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T17:01:32","slug":"senate-minority-leader-jones-calls-governor-newsoms-newly-signed-law-to-increase-gas-taxes-unbelievable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9471","title":{"rendered":"Senate Minority Leader Jones Calls Governor Newsom\u2019s Newly-Signed Law to Increase Gas Taxes \u201cUnbelievable\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO\u00a0– Today,\u00a0Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones<\/a>\u00a0(R-San Diego) slammed Governor Newsom for signing into law\u00a0Senate Bill X1-2<\/a>, his measure that allows unelected bureaucrats to raise gas taxes:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable that Governor Newsom wants to spend $10 million to raise gas taxes in the midst of a $22.5 billion budget deficit,\u201d\u00a0said Leader Jones.\u00a0\u201cHis reckless proposal allows unelected bureaucrats to intervene in the free market and jack up gas prices for those who can least afford it. Californians already pay the highest gas prices in the nation and they aren\u2019t fooled by the governor\u2019s smoke and mirrors. When the Legislature said \u201cNO\u201d to his original proposal, the Governor held closed-door meetings and cut Californians out of the conversation. I opposed this bill not because I\u2019m protecting the companies, but because my constituents were cut out of the conversation on a rushed law and this bill is going to lead to higher gas prices for all Californians.\u201d<\/p>\n

California Senate and Assembly Democrats jammed through the governor\u2019s proposal as\u00a0SBX1-2<\/a>, which allows the California Energy Commission, conveniently appointed by the governor, to decide fines on gasoline companies. This measure will ultimately impact supply and demand and create a ripple effect that creates higher prices at the pump, just as gas prices are approaching $5 per gallon in California. Leader Jones\u00a0spoke in opposition to the measure<\/a>\u00a0on the Senate Floor last week.<\/p>\n

Leader Jones offered an alternative approach to actually lower gas prices. Instead of raising gas taxes as the governor seeks to do, Leader Jones introduced\u00a0Senate Bill X1-1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Senate Bill 32,<\/a>\u00a0which suspends the state\u2019s gas taxes and fees, resulting in an immediate price cut of $1 per gallon. SBX1-1\u00a0was dismissed on the Senate Floor<\/a>\u00a0by California Senate Democrats without even a debate. SB 32 has been double referred to first the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and then to the Senate Governance and Finance Committee. SB 32 is set for hearing on April 19, 2023 in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.<\/p>\n

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