Gas Crisis Looms Over California As Dems Continue To Impose Crippling Regs
Audrey Streb
DCNF Energy Reporter
July 04, 2025
Democrat policies and new regulations hiked California’s gas prices on Tuesday, and a slew of green energy initiatives has led to refinery closures and lofty gas prices in the Golden State that may soon spiral into a full-blown crisis.
California is teetering on the brink of a gas crisis due primarily to Democrats’ green energy policies, as multiple major refineries prepare to shutter in the coming years and more stringent regulations on the oil and gas industries take effect. Democratic leadership and regulators enacted adjustments to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program on Tuesday, resulting in a gas price increase that may be the beginning of further pain at the pump for the state’s consumers.
“Not every Californian is a millionaire like our governor is … and these regulations are bearing down on the average Californian and making California unaffordable,” Republican California Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “I’m addressing the cost of gasoline in California and trying to do everything I can to repeal the regulations that are causing it to go up, while at the same time alerting Californians of the impending cost of gasoline.” (RELATED: California Democrats Rail Against Energy Regulations They Unleashed As Gas Crisis Looms)
I just filed a public records request to expose how Newsom’s deceptive 65-cent gas price hike was crafted in secret.
We believe the real goal is to jack up gas prices so high that Californians are forced to buy EVs.
The public deserves the truth. #FixCalifornia pic.twitter.com/UVpzs1Qt7k
— Brian W. Jones (@SenBrianJones) May 21, 2025
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