A hearing on gasoline price gouging is scheduled in Sacramento, months after the governor called for the oil companies to be penalized.
File photo of a pump jack extracting oil at a drilling site next to homes Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Signal Hill, Calif.
"This hearing is about where we draw that line, how much money can they make off Californians," said Jamie Court, the president ofCourt said oil corporations have been at the forefront of overcharging Californians, who now deserve answers and that’s why he is going to testify at that hearing."At one point our gas prices were $2.60 more than U.S. gas prices, which is the most it's ever been last time we were at a big gap," he said."It was a $1.
Court said hearings like these matter because gasoline isn’t a luxury item that people can choose to go without."Gasoline is a necessity in California, particularly southern California. People need to get to work. So when it costs another $20 or $25 to fill up, it is a huge difference to people on the lowest end of the spectrum," he said.
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