Yep.
SoCal here. Beginning of the week, gas at my local station was $5.19 - up recently from $5.09.
By Wednesday: $5.49.
Yesterday: $5.89.
I suspect it is over $6.00 today.
No politician here has to worry about further raising the gas tax, they know the voters here will continue to vote them in no matter what they do as long as they are Democrats.
We Californians had an initiative recently to nix the last gas tax - and voters voted it down.
its so sad whats happened to California..i was there alot in the late 80’s..early 90’s and loved it. Sure seems like a lost cause now. What a shame...
The vote counters voted it down. What actual voters may have marked on their ballots did not matter in the slightest way.
Our fellow voters voted it down because they’re stupid and fell for the same old “voting yes will lead to cuts in law enforcement and fire fighting” schtick.
The good news about this is that the simpletons who welcomed a big drop without remembering that prices are still well above 2021 levels will get a fresh reminder before the election of the results of the administration’s policies