As gas prices rise, California gets punched harder at the pump than other states

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Californians are feeling more pain at the pump than any other state as the conflict with Iran pushes up prices.Spencer Shearer was filling up his Nissan Sentra on Friday morning at the Chevron station in Brentwood near San Vicente and Montana avenues and paying a rate higher than almost anywhere else in the country: $5.55 per gallon.“It sucks,” Shearer said as he watched his bill on the pump click toward $50.With the continued conflict in and around Iran, gas prices are rising.

In the Los Angeles area and a few places around the San Francisco Bay Area, the cost of gas has cracked $5-per-gallon again and is even tipping toward $6 in a few places.Business Californians already pay more than the rest of the country for gas.

Now the Iran war is expected to inflict more pain at the pump.The spreading conflict in the Persian Gulf has had a predictable but unwelcome impact on California drivers.Californians usually pay far more for gas than people in other states.

Its pole position on prices is continuing with the latest surge.The average cost of a gallon of regular gas in California is the most expensive in the country at $4.91, up 6% from a week ago and 11% from a month ago, according to AAA.The nationwide average is $3.32 per gallon.

California The compromise would streamline environmental approvals for new wells in oil-rich Kern County and make offshore drilling more difficult by tightening the safety and regulatory requirements for pipelines.The conflict with Iran has strangled movement through the Persian Gulf and catapulted the price of a barrel of oil.The prices in California are higher than in other states because of higher taxes and stricter requirements for cleaner, more expensive gas that pollutes less.

This has been a festering issue not only for the industry but also for consumers.Fuel marketers, gas station owners and some voters have blamed Gov.Gavin Newsom’s ...