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California Proposition 6 was a measure that was submitted to California voters as part of the November 2018 election. The ballot measure proposed a repeal of the Road Repair and Accountability Act (a fuel tax), which is also known as Senate Bill 1 (SB 1). The measure failed with about 57% of the voters against and 43% in favor.
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1), also known as the "Gas Tax", is a legislative bill in the U.S. state of California that was passed on April 6, 2017 with the aim of repairing roads, improving traffic safety, and expanding public transit systems across the state.
The first federal gasoline tax in the United States was created on June 6, 1932, with the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1932, which taxed 1¢/gal (0.3¢/L). Since 1993, the US federal gasoline tax has been unchanged (and not adjusted for inflation of nearly 113 percent through 2023) at 18.4¢/gal (4.86¢/L).
The price of a gallon of gasoline in California is driven largely by oil prices. The California Energy Commission found in November that about 41%, or $2.02, of the cost is crude oil.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a $52 billion plan into law on Friday a bill to raise gasoline taxes and other transportation-related fees.
California Republicans are trying once again to suspend the state’s gas tax. ‘Immediate relief is needed.’ California GOP lawmakers call for suspension of gas tax
Proponents of Proposition 91 asked voters to vote "no" on Proposition 91 because the passage of Proposition 1A in 2006 has already prevented the use of gas tax dollars from being spent for non-transportation purposes. However, an independent campaign to pass Proposition 1A has been sponsored separately by the Southern California Transit ...
Later that year, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill, which raised California’s gas tax for the first time in 23 years. It went up 12 cents per gallon, a 40% increase.