The California legislature is going to miss a May 1 deadline to kill the annual summer increase in its 51-cent gas tax, Gov. GavinNewsom’s office said.
to curtail freeway expansion throughout most of Southern California and to expedite construction of wildlife overpasses, but no mention was made of the gas tax.
“The legislature has acted on other items,” Fong said. “They are not acting on this, which is completely mind boggling and tone deaf. We should’ve acted on this months ago.” Newsom could also issue an executive order if he wished, regardless of when the deadline is imposed. Past orders have included placing a moratorium on the death penalty, declaring multiple states of emergency for natural disasters and COVID-19, and spending“Helping offset the impact of inflation on California residents remains a top priority for the Governor, and his revised budget will include proposals to help Californians keep pace with rising costs,” Newsom’s office said.
He has proposed a $400 gas tax rebate for each motorist in lieu of lifting the tax. Republicans are skeptical that that money will ever reach residents given the state’s propensity for red tape.
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