“The choices made in the next four years will determine whether California families gain stability – or face even higher costs and greater uncertainty.”

California’s energy policies have made the state uniquely vulnerable to geopolitical events like war in the Middle East.

Some Assembly Democrats say CARB’s new regulations will “further disincentivize in-state refineries to remain in California.”

California will continue to rely on gasoline for many years to come – and while we do, where it comes from matters.

Increasing fuel imports could put the world’s fourth-largest economy one international crisis away from lines at the pump.

Fuel that isn’t produced in-state must arrive through California’s ports – and there is a limit to the amount of gasoline our infrastructure can move from tankers to market.

Millions of working families already struggle under California’s affordability crisis. A gasoline import strategy would only make matters worse.

Some say California should turn to foreign suppliers for the gasoline we need. In a special four-part series, we’ll explore why that’s a bad strategy.

The candidate wants to import more expensive fuel on tankers from overseas – where California’s environmental standards don’t apply.