NO WORD ON WHEN THEY PLAN TO REOPEN THAT SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY. LI:SA THE GOVERNOR AND REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO HELP CALIFORNIA DRIVERS GET SOME RELIEF FROM THOSE HIGH PRICES AT THE PUMP. GULSTAN: AND TODAY, REPUBLICANS TRIED AND FAILED TO PUT THEIR PROPOSAL UP FOR A VOTE AT THE CAPITOL. KCRA 3’S LYSEE MITRI WAS THE.ER >> RECORD-HIGH PRICES AT GAS STATIONS HAVE SPARKED TALKS AT THE CAPITOL. BUT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICSAN DISAGREE OVER EXACTLY HOW THE STATE CAN GIVE DRIVERS A BREAK. F>>OR WHAT PURPOSE SIR. >> REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY MEMBER KEVIN KILEY TRIED TO FOR ACE VOTE ON HIS PROPOSAL TODAY. >> THIS WILL SUSPEND THE STETA GAS TAX IMMEDIATELY ANSAD VE CALIFORNIANS 50 CENTS A GALLON. >> THAT TAX MONEY GOES TOWARD MAINTAINING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. KIY’L’S BILL WOULD USE MONEY FROM THE STATE’S GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THAT, GIVEN THE BUDGET SURPLUS. >> PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT W.NO THIS IS PARTICULARLY HAROND PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TVERAL LONGDISTANCES TO WORK WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS, WHO HAVE FAMILY OBLIGATIONS LIKE TAKING KIDS TO SCHOOL THAT FORCE THEM TO TRAVEL FREQUENT.LY >> TO GET AROUND THE USUAL PROCEDURES AND TAKE UP HIS BILL ON THE FLOOR IMMEDIATE HLYE NEEDED A TWO-THIRDS VOTE >> THIS TAKES 54 VOTES TO SUSPEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL 3 READINGS REQUIREMENT ON AB 1638. >> IT WAS NOT EVEN CLOSE. >> AYES 18, NOS 40 THAT MOTION FAILS. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE REFERRED TO THE REPUBLICAN-BACKED BILLS A A SMALL CUT TO THE GAS TAX. SAYING IT MIGHT NOT EVEN GET PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS. A STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TODAY SAYS, THE REPUBLIC’A’S PROPOSAL CAN BE MANIPULATED TO HELP LINE THE POCKETS OF PETRO-DICTATORSHIP AND OIL COMPANIES WHO ARE BENEFITING FROM THE SPIKE IN OIL PRESIC ACROSS THE WOD.RL IN HIS STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH LAST WEEK GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ANNOUNCED, HE HAS SOMETHING ELSE ININ MD. >> I’LL BE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO PUT MONEY BACK IN THE POCKETS OF PUT MONEY BACK IN THE POCKETS CALIFORNIANS TO ADDRESS RISING GAS PRICES. >> USING A TAX REBATE TO HELP OFFSET COSTS FOR PEOPLE PANGYI AT THE PUMP. AT THE STATE CAPITOL, LYSEE MITRI, KCRA 3 NEWS. LISA: THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT PROVIDED MANY DETAILS ON HOW MUCH MONEY TAXPAYERS COULD BE GETTING BACK AND WN.HE GULSTAN: HERE IN CALIFORNIA. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS IS 5 DOLLARS AND 74 CENTS. COMPARE THAT TO A WEEK AGO, ETH PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS HAS INCREASED 40 CENTS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES IN THE PAST MONTH, CALIFORNIANS ARE PAYING MORE THAN A DOLLAR MORE AT THE PUMP. LISA: ON THE OTHER HAND, OIL PRICES IN THE U.S. RETURNED TO TWO DIGIT TERRITORY TOY.DA THE COST OF A BARREL FELL MORE 8% TO 99 DOLLARS, 76 CENTS. IT’S THE FIRST TIME OIL HAS DIPPED BELOW A HUNDRED DOLLARS SINCE MARCH FIRST. TRADERS SAY THE DROP CAME LARGELY FROM COVID LOCKDOWNS IN CHINA AND TALKS BETWEEN UK
California lawmakers set to announce $400 gas rebate proposal
Updated: 9:43 PM PDT Mar 16, 2022
California lawmakers are set to announce a $400 rebate proposal for every taxpayer in the state amid increasing gas prices, according to a release sent Wednesday.(Previous coverage in video player above).The proposal will be announced Thursday morning on the north steps of the state capitol. Announcing the rebate proposal will be Assms. Cottie Petrie-Norris, Cecilia Aguiar Curry, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Jesse Gabriel, Adam Gray, Jacqui Irwin, Evan Low, Chad Mayes, Blanca Rubio, Sharon Quirk-Silva and Carlos Villapudua.”Many Californians are feeling severe financial pain at the pump and looking to California’s leaders for help,” Petrie-Norris said in a release.Read in SpanishThe funding for the rebate would pull $9 billion of the state’s budget surplus. What’s more, is that the rebate would also go to taxpayers who don’t own or drive a car. A release from Petrie-Norris’ office contends that this is a better approach than suspending the gas tax, saying that would stifle funding for transportation projects and “offers no guarantee that oil companies would pass on the savings to customers.”In recent days, California Republicans made a push for suspending the 51-cent per gallon gas tax in an effort to give relief to drivers. The group leading that effort included James Gallagher, Kevin Kiley, Scott Wilk, Suzette Valladares and Brian Jones. The vote failed to pass the Assembly floor Tuesday in a 40-18 vote.Democrats have resisted calls to scrap the gas tax. In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for suspending a planned increase in the gas tax in July and some key Democrats have been opposed to even that effort, The Associated Press reported.Newsom last week said he planned to offer Californians a direct rebate to address high gas prices.He did not announce specifics but said that he would work with legislative leaders to “put money back in the pockets of Californians.” Dee Dee Myers, a senior adviser to Newsom, said the rebate could happen as soon as this spring and total in the billions of dollars. It would be limited to people who have a car, she said.”We look forward to working with the legislature to bring direct relief to Californians who are suffering from high gas prices, a direct result of Putin’s war,” the governor’s communications director, Erin Mellon, said. “We all agree we need to get money back into the hands of Californians.”Earlier this month, California average gas prices hit a new record when they surpassed $5 a gallon.Related | High gas prices getting to gig economy workers in Sacramento
California lawmakers are set to announce a $400 rebate proposal for every taxpayer in the state amid increasing gas prices, according to a release sent Wednesday.
(Previous coverage in video player above).
The proposal will be announced Thursday morning on the north steps of the state capitol. Announcing the rebate proposal will be Assms. Cottie Petrie-Norris, Cecilia Aguiar Curry, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Jesse Gabriel, Adam Gray, Jacqui Irwin, Evan Low, Chad Mayes, Blanca Rubio, Sharon Quirk-Silva and Carlos Villapudua.
“Many Californians are feeling severe financial pain at the pump and looking to California’s leaders for help,” Petrie-Norris said in a release.
The funding for the rebate would pull $9 billion of the state’s budget surplus. What’s more, is that the rebate would also go to taxpayers who don’t own or drive a car. A release from Petrie-Norris’ office contends that this is a better approach than suspending the gas tax, saying that would stifle funding for transportation projects and “offers no guarantee that oil companies would pass on the savings to customers.”
In recent days, California Republicans made a push for suspending the 51-cent per gallon gas tax in an effort to give relief to drivers. The group leading that effort included James Gallagher, Kevin Kiley, Scott Wilk, Suzette Valladares and Brian Jones. The vote failed to pass the Assembly floor Tuesday in a 40-18 vote.
Democrats have resisted calls to scrap the gas tax. In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for suspending a planned increase in the gas tax in July and some key Democrats have been opposed to even that effort, The Associated Press reported.
Newsom last week said he planned to offer Californians a direct rebate to address high gas prices.
He did not announce specifics but said that he would work with legislative leaders to “put money back in the pockets of Californians.” Dee Dee Myers, a senior adviser to Newsom, said the rebate could happen as soon as this spring and total in the billions of dollars. It would be limited to people who have a car, she said.
“We look forward to working with the legislature to bring direct relief to Californians who are suffering from high gas prices, a direct result of Putin’s war,” the governor’s communications director, Erin Mellon, said. “We all agree we need to get money back into the hands of Californians.”
Earlier this month, California average gas prices hit a new record when they surpassed $5 a gallon.
Related | High gas prices getting to gig economy workers in Sacramento