BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — California Governor Gavin Newsom is continuing his fight against big oil with a new social media campaign. His message? The greedy oil companies are cheating you. The social media campaign comes as Governor Newsom calls a special legislative session for Dec. 5 to vote on his proposed windfall tax on oil companies. Revenue from that tax would be returned to Californians through rebates. GOP lawmakers sent the governor a letter earlier this week urging him to suspend the gas tax instead.
We want to know: Do you blame oil companies for high gas prices in California?
No, it’s the administration we have. They always shift the blame to others for the failures of their policies.
Keith Hendrickson, Facebook user
No. I only blame Newsom.
Harumi Phil Brockett, Facebook user
This is a non-scientific poll conducted by 17 News. It is published on KGET’s social media pages daily at different times at different times of the day. Viewers can vote multiple times. Not representative of Kern County as a whole.
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