Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a $400 gas rebate for each vehicle, up to two rebates per person, is just that — a proposal.
Hi Honk: I enjoy reading your column, and I never thought that I would be writing to you, but here we go. I have an older car that I am going to sell. I believe that the state is considering issuing gas rebates for registered cars. What is the status of that plan, or should I just sell the car and be done with it?Honk is here to give you the information you want, Richard, not to make suggestions — that kind of pressure would lead to bothersome torrents of sweat on his forehead and balding pate.
“The Newsom administration will meet with the Legislature to negotiate the details of the proposal in the coming days,” his office said back on March 23. “Once approved through the Legislature, the first payments could begin as soon as July. … “An average California driver spends approximately $300 in gasoline excise tax over a year,” his office says.As spelled out in a trailer bill, under the current proposal the rebate would go to the owner of the vehicle as of April 6 of this year,But it has become quite clear the legislative waters are rather muddy.
Some Republicans want the state’s 51-cent-a-gallon gas tax suspended, and the gas rebate handed out as well, ABC10 out of Sacramento has reported. Some Democrats have proposed $400 to each tax filer. Another proposal that has floated about in the Legulature is giving most taxpayers $200 for themselves and their dependents.