Washington, D.C. - California Governor Gavin Newsom is working to lure oil producers back to the Golden State after years of failed energy policies have delivered crippling prices. California lawmakers recently approved a bill allowing the state to issue 2,000 new oil drilling permits each year for the next decade. The move is designed to stop the decline of oil production in the state which has fallen more than 50 percent over the last 20 years. According to AAA, California families currently pay $4.65 for a gallon of gasoline, which is $1.45 more than the national average.
"For Gavin Newsom, reality has caught up with his rhetoric and he can't hide from it any more," said Larry Behrens, Communications Director for Power The Future. "It's clear the needle of reality is finally bursting the green distortion bubble Gavin Newsom calls home. There is no doubt politics is driving Newsom's move toward sanity, but California's working families deserve relief from high costs no matter Newsom's motivation."
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