Gov. Newsom will call special legislative session to impose windfall tax on oil companies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : NEW: I'm calling for a Special Session to address the greed of oil companies.
56% : Governor Gavin Newsom will call a special legislative session December 5th to impose a windfall tax on oil companies in California.— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) October 7, 2022
52% : governor has requested the Legislature approve a measure that would require oil companies to pay back excessive profits to consumers through a new tax.
52% : He said his office wants time to make sure the proposal is on solid, legal ground in anticipation of lawsuits from the oil industry.
52% : He said his office wants time to make sure the proposal is on solid, legal ground in anticipation of lawsuits from the oil industry.
50% : The governor has requested the Legislature approve a measure that would require oil companies to pay back excessive profits to consumers through a new tax.
47% : When asked if he thinks the spike in gas prices is pay back for the legislation he signed, Newsom noted the oil industry has launched a referendum against one of those proposals that establishes new set-backs for oil drilling away from communities.
47% : When asked if he thinks the spike in gas prices is pay back for the legislation he signed, Newsom noted the oil industry has launched a referendum against one of those proposals that establishes new set-backs for oil drilling away from communities.
42% : Time to enact a windfall profits tax directly on oil companies that are ripping you off at the pump.
38% : JUST IN: CA Assembly Republican leader @J_GallagherAD3 and Budget vice chair @vfong urge Gov. Newsom to not call special session for windfall tax on oil companies.

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