The state Senate signs off on Gov. Newsom’s bill to stop spikes in California gas prices. A final vote is scheduled on Monday.
Lawmakers during the California Senate committee hearing on fuel supply and price hikes at the Capitol Annex Swing Space building in Sacramento Oct. 7, 2024.
The vote was not guaranteed. Newsom first pushed the Legislature to consider his proposal before the end of the regular legislative session in August, but the Assembly balked and the governorBut between absences, abstentions and opposition, eight Senate Democrats — more than a quarter of the caucus — did not vote for his bill, hinting at a lingering uneasiness even among Newsom’s allies.
McGuire dismissed the notion that Democrats might be nervous about supporting the inventory mandate for refineries.could dampen the gas price spikes
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