Republican lawmakers unveiled a bill Tuesday that would suspend California’s 61-cent-per-gallon gas tax for one year. Assemblyman Stan Ellis pointed to the state’s energy landscape as a driving factor behind high fuel costs.
“We are the heart of oil and gas here and I see oil and gas starting to drill and we’re getting some more production. Unfortunately refineries are shutting down. So if you don’t have a place to refine, where are you going to send your crude oil? So we have a greenhouse gas agenda that’s driving the state into the ground,” Ellis said.