California Gas Tax To Jump To 47.3 Cents A Gallon

(KTLA5 News) Californias nation-leading gas prices are set to climb even higher Monday when the state gas tax increases another 5.6 cents a gallon. Its the latest increase from a 2017 law designed to raise about $5 billion a year for road and mass transit programs. A 12 cent-per-gallon boost came that November and voters last year rejected a Republican-led effort to repeal the law. But Southern California voters did recall one Democratic lawmaker who helped pass the measure. California motorists were paying an average $3.75 per gallon as of late June far above the national average of $2.71 calculated by AAA