Los Angeles drivers are fed up with sky-high gas prices and their patience is running on empty

California drivers are being forced to spend more at the gas pump than residents in sun-splashed Hawaii – despite the Golden State pumping out millions of barrels of its own precious oil per year.Residents in the Aloha State often have it easier at the gas pump – despite no oil being drilled on the paradise islands.On Tuesday, AAA listed the average price of a gallon of gas in Hawaii as $5.63 and, incredibly, California as $6.14.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story The same day, a gas station in bustling Honolulu was charging $5.39 for regular gas.Mid-grade and premium were $5.64 and 5.94.At a Shell station on the corner of Pico and Sepulveda Boulevards in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Csaba Mester, 48, decried the fact the Hawaii gas prices are lower and criticized state local energy policies for motorists feeling the pinch.  While calling inflated prices “inevitable” because of the Iran War, he told the Post: “California has been known for higher gas prices than the rest of the nation and unfortunately people voted for it.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!The commercial kitchen designer blamed years of misplaced Democrat policies for high pump prices – and praised gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton for comiting to slash prices. “Hopefully Steve, God bless him, could make it work,” added Mester, after filling up his gleaming black Dodge Durango. “We need people that have something to say that’s useful, not just the same old thing thats’ been happening fo the last 16 years...