Newsom has proposed a tax rebate amid record-high prices but provided no specifics, saying he will work with legislative leaders 'to put money back in the pockets of Californians to address rising gas prices.'
California hit another record for the average price of regular unleaded gas this weekend, at $5.28 a gallon as of Sunday.
The governor otherwise has been pushing to wean California, famous for its car culture, from the internal combustion engine. The state began permitting the process of extracting oil and gas in 2015. Last summer and fall, the state's Geologic Energy Management Division, known as CalGEM, rejected 50 permits solely on climate change concerns. That approach is being challenged in court by the Western States Petroleum Association.
Newsom began and ended his speech as if addressing a national audience as he decried developments elsewhere while promoting California's efforts at"finding new solutions to big problems." Democracy is in danger, Newsom warned. Polls routinely show homelessness as one of the most pressing issue for California voters. The state has the largest homeless population in the nation and Newsom has budgeted a record $12 billion for various programs and initiatives but encampments still proliferate.
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