CLAIM: California is raising the price of gas at the pump by 65 cents per gallon on July 1.
Claim
CLAIM: California is raising the price of gas at the pump by 65 cents per gallon on July 1.
Fact
That did not happen. In fact, gas prices went down on July 1 (and the day after).
As of the time of this posting, gas prices are lower than they were a month ago and lower than they were a year ago. Republicans pushed a false claim to scare Californians for more than 6 months.
More Lies ...
No, Gavin Newsom is NOT prioritizing climate action over economic needs
Investing in climate action is safeguarding long-term economic growth.
Claim that ‘clean energy will not meet our energy demand’ is FALSE
In 2024, clean energy supply equaled or exceeded demand in the CAISO service area for the equivalent to 51 days of meeting demand with 100% clean electricity.
No, California does NOT always have constant blackouts.
Since 2001, California has only had rolling blackouts during one instance: in 2020, which occurred for less than 3 hours on August 14 & on August 15 for less than 500,000 people.