Heading into the Fourth of July, the average price in San Diego for a gallon of regular is $4.889
in Sacramento, a Division of Petroleum Market Oversight has been created and the industry is required to produce much more data about imports, maintenance schedules and refinery profit margins.
Supporters predict the legislation will help keep a lid on price spikes but the petroleum trade groups sayThe state’s annual change in the gasoline excise tax comes as increasing numbers of people travel for the Fourth of July holiday.expects 3.4 million people to travel between June 30 and July 4, the second-highest volume ever for the Southern California region over Independence Day.
Some 2.7 million drivers are expected to hit the road, 2 percent more than last year. AAA anticipates 517,000 Southern Californians will board airplanes and another 253,000 will travel via other forms of transportation such as buses, trains and cruises . Only in 2019 — prior to the pandemic — has AAA seen more Southern Californians taking trips for the Fourth of July.
“The opportunities to see and make memories with family and friends were denied for a good period of time,” Montgomery said. “Definitely, people have made travel as part of their priority list and they’re not going to miss the chance to get away.”
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