One gas station in downtown Los Angeles is charging upwards of $8 a gallon for regular gas.
However, the Chevron station off Alameda in Downtown LA is charging over $8 a gallon. Many people in the area say the station is price gouging.
In a statement released to FOX 11, Chevron said there are multiple factors that go into the price of a gallon of gasoline, "including some unique ones specific to California." The company added that the majority of its branded stations in California - including this one - are independently owned.
The California Attorney General’s office says they are keeping their eyes on gas prices and in March sent a letter to Gas Company CEOs "warning them against illegal market manipulation". The AG’s office also said the state’s price gouging law is not triggered unless there is a federal, state, or local declaration of emergency. Nothing has been issued in Sacramento, where legislators are still arguing over how to return tax overpayments to taxpayers, who have been demanding a halt to the gasoline tax, or at least a break from it until prices stabilize.
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