{"id":9564,"date":"2023-04-19T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T21:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9564"},"modified":"2023-04-19T14:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T21:23:48","slug":"senate-democrat-majority-committee-rejects-legislation-to-lower-gas-prices-1-gallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9564","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrat-Majority Committee Rejects Legislation to Lower Gas Prices $1\/Gallon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDemocrat lawmakers are too selfish to suspend state taxes and fees to help Californians who are struggling to make ends meet\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO\u00a0\u2013 Today, California Democrat lawmakers on the Senate Environmental Committee rejected a measure by\u00a0Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones<\/a>\u00a0(R-San Diego) to lower gas prices by $1 per gallon immediately. Leader Jones\u2019s bill would suspend state gas taxes and fees, which would result in the immediate price reduction.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia Democrat lawmakers supposedly claim they care about high prices at the pump,\u201d\u00a0said Leader Jones.\u00a0\u201cBut when given the opportunity to immediately cut costs by $1 per gallon of gas, these Democrat lawmakers are too selfish to suspend state taxes and fees to help Californians who are struggling to make ends meet. Our measure has bipartisan support across the country\u2014even President Biden came out in favor of states suspending their gas taxes. When prices skyrocket to over $5 per gallon this summer, thank a Capitol Democrat for selfishly refusing to take action and passing my bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of April 19, 2023, gas prices in California are\u00a0$4.91<\/a>, which is over $1 more per gallon of gas than the national average. While Governor Newsom jammed through his proposal that will increase gas prices by raising gas taxes, Leader Jones offered an alternative approach to actually lower gas prices. Leader Jones\u2019s\u00a0Senate Bill 32<\/a>\u00a0would suspend the state\u2019s gas taxes and fees to lower gas prices by $1 per gallon. This would bring immediate relief to Californians at the pump when many are struggling to afford high gas prices.<\/p>\n

Specifically, SB 32 suspends $1 per gallon of state gas taxes and fees for one year. Current programs\u2014with the exclusion of the High Speed Rail\u2014will continue receiving funding from these taxes and fees by being backfilled from the General Fund. This measure requires the $1 per gallon in savings to be applied directly to the consumer. SB 32 is coauthored by the entire California Senate Republican Caucus.<\/p>\n

The 2-3 vote that stalled SB 32 fell along party lines with Senators Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) and Janet Nguyen (R- Huntington Beach) voting in favor of the measure while Senators Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley), and Nancy Skinner (D- Berkeley) voted no. Senators Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) and Monique Lim\u00f3n (D-Santa Barbara)\u00a0did not vote. SB 32 was granted \u201creconsideration,\u201d so it can be brought up again for a second vote before April 28th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

What they said in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re [Leader Jones] right to bring up the fact that this [gas tax] is a part of the gas cost too and I know you [Leader Jones] are trying to highlight that issue with this bill.\u201d \u2013 Senator Ben Allen<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate you [Leader Jones] for bringing the bill forward to have the conversation\u2026I think we need to have this conversation to actually try to drive the costs down for Californians\u201d \u2013Senator Brian Dahle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cDemocrat lawmakers are too selfish to suspend state taxes and fees to help Californians who are struggling to make ends meet\u201d SACRAMENTO\u00a0\u2013 Today, California Democrat lawmakers on the Senate Environmental Committee rejected a measure by\u00a0Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones\u00a0(R-San Diego) to lower gas prices by $1 per gallon immediately. 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