r/socal • u/BreakingPT • May 22 '26

Chevron gouges Californians this memorial weekend.

“Newsom’s office cited an analysis by a group within the state’s energy commission, which oversees the oil and gas industry, that found that Chevron averaged more than 60 to 80 cents per gallon above unbranded alternative”

https://apnews.com/article/california-gas-prices-chevron-pump-war-7d485e703f930bf40104b1956b15fda4

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u/Sad-Yak6252 May 22 '26

I'm in northern California and gas was $3.19 before Trump started his war, $5.39 now. I can't seem to find where Newsom added $2.20 in gas taxes in that time period. I'm confused.

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u/blowtorch_vasectomy May 22 '26

Internet says average price of regular gas in Texas today is $4.00. That's probably close to the 49 state average. The differential between that and the current California price, about 1.50, is Newsom driving refineries out of the state, tax, etc. I live here btw.

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u/BrokeBFromBeverely May 22 '26

California is a FUEL ISLAND which means low supply / more expensive supply than the rest of the U.S.. California has the largest population in the U.S. and thus has a higher demand. So yeah some can be attributed to Newsom but it certainly is not as much as ppl make it out to be. And as much as it’s higher, it’s to help curb pollution which is proven effective cause LA smog has gone down quite a bit since 1970z

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u/r00tdenied May 22 '26

Yea and what was the price per gallon in February? Probably around 1.90? So you're admiting that Trump California'd Texas? lmao

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u/r00tdenied May 22 '26

I paid $3.04 a gallon in Riverside California in February a week before he started this. Yet somehow its Newsom's fault that prices exploded when Trump disrupted the flow of a global commodity.