Posted on 02/01/2026 6:17:47 AM PST by Libloather
California drivers and Republican legislators are furious over a Democrat-led proposal that could see motorists taxed for each mile they drive.
With the state staring down a budget deficit in the billions and more Californians switching to electric vehicles, Democratic lawmakers are searching for new ways to shore up declining gas tax revenue.
Californians pay the second-highest gas price in the nation behind only Hawaii. In January, the average price was $4.23 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association.
On Thursday, state legislators advanced Democrat Lori Wilson’s bill, AB 1421, which would direct the California Transportation Commission and the state Transportation Agency to continue studying options for a mileage-based tax, rather than implementing one.
Opponents of the proposal were out in force Saturday, with activists gathering at Cal Expo in Sacramento to collect signatures opposing a raft of new Democratic tax measures, including a potential mileage charge.
“I just got very tense and insecure, because I drive a lot of miles,” said Sherrie Ann Lorenzo, a Chico resident. “I don’t want to be taxed for driving. It’s my freedom. I live in the home of the free, I thought.”
Under concepts outlined in the study, the tax could range from two to nine cents per mile. With California drivers logging roughly 11,400 miles a year on average, a mileage charge could cost motorists between $228 and $1,026 annually.
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Yes, they all need to move to NYC and ride the free buses.
The movie “The Matrix” is a metaphor for this.
Fuel economy rises, tax revenue falls. Tax and steal breaks down, which threatens our [sic] democracy. But the riff raff are still clogging the roads, making it hard for your betters to run their Lambos and be limo'ed around at sum-20 mpg. No one walks in LA? Just wait.
SOME MATH:
GOOGLED INFO:
CURRENT CALIF GAS TAX==61.2 CENTS PER GALLON
CURRENT SALES TAX ON SAID GALLON===2.25 %= 1.377 CENTS/GALLON
BRINGS TOTAL WITH SALES TAX TO 62.577 CENTS TAXES PER GALLON
IF MILEAGE TAX IMPOSED:
IF YOU GOT PUSHED INTO BUYING A CAR THAT GETS 30 MPG: THE 9 VENTS PER MILE TAX==$2.70 ALONE.
ADD $2.70 TO TAXES OF 62.577 CENTS /GALLON=== $3.32577 TAX PER GALLON
HOW SOON ARE ANY OF YOU IN CALIF MOVING OUT??????
THEY WANT BOTH
THE TAXES PER GALLON ON GASOLINE===62.577 CENTS A GALLON
MANY STATES ARE ALREADY ASKING FOR YOUR ODOMETER MILEAGE ON REGISTRATION RENEWALS.
I live in a rust-belt state run by Democrats.
There’s talk about putting a camera on every one of our many bridges. So when you drive over a bridge, you get a bill in the mail.
Just another sneaky way to raise taxes.
It seems that they want to tax every good and service out there, why not an abortion tax? Every woman that has an abortion pays a tax and the abortion “doctor” pays a tax also.
Since the left is so big on abortion, this should be a no-brainer.
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