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"Nearly 25% of your gas money goes to state taxes and fees.”
Chevron began, in 2023, an effort to educate driver of the effect taxes have on a gallon of gasoline; including a prominently placed signage at the service station pump:
"Nearly 25% of your gas money goes to state taxes and fees.” Tell Legislators: Stop Rising Gas Prices
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Now
- Approximately 80% of highway and road repairs are funded by a tax on gasoline charged at the pump when you buy gas. The more gas you buy, the more you pay in gas taxes and the more you contribute to highway and road repairs.
- On average, Californians pay about $300 a year in state gas taxes.
- Various state fees also support transportation. Trucks pay weight fees and zero-emission vehicle owners pay $118 each year, and all vehicle owners pay a transportation improvement fee.
- Some counties also charge a local sales tax to further invest in road and transit needs or have tolls on bridges or certain highways.
- The public may also pass state bonds to invest in additional transportation needs.
- Interested in seeing what this funding currently supports? See projects in your area here.(opens in a new tab)
With Road Charge
- California could replace the gas tax with a mileage-based user fee charged to drivers who use the roads. The more you drive, the more you pay for highway and road repairs. The less you drive, the less you pay.
- Everyone would pay their fair share for road repairs based on how much they drive, not the kind of car they own.
- California is working to develop a road charge program that is fair, transparent, and sustainable so that it meets our road maintenance needs now and in the future.
With Road Charge
- California could replace the gas tax with a mileage-based user fee charged to drivers who use the roads. The more you drive, the more you pay for highway and road repairs. The less you drive, the less you pay.
- Everyone would pay their fair share for road repairs based on how much they drive, not the kind of car they own.
- California is working to develop a road charge program that is fair, transparent, and sustainable so that it meets our road maintenance needs now and in the future.
CARB's mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through effective reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy. CARB is the lead agency for climate change programs and oversees all air pollution control efforts in California to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards.
Responsibilities & Work of CARB
Reducing air pollution and protecting public health guide CARB’s actions. Our role is to:
- Lead California’s efforts to reduce climate-changing emissions through measures that promote a more energy-efficient and resilient economy;
- Set the state’s air quality standards at levels that protect those at greatest risk – children, older adults and people with lung and heart disease;
- Identify pollutants that pose the greatest health risks, such as diesel exhaust particles, benzene in gasoline and formaldehyde in consumer products;
- Measure our progress in reducing pollutants utilizing the nation’s most extensive air monitoring network;
- Verify automakers’ emissions compliance at CARB’s renowned Mary D. Nichols Laboratory in Riverside;
- Research the causes and effects of air pollution problems – and potential solutions – using the best available science and technology; and
- Study the costs and benefits of pollution controls, paying particular attention to individuals and communities most at risk.
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