claim: california will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.
author: jim patterson
evidence_1: feb 26, 2018 ... last year, california legislators approved raising the state excise tax on gasoline  by 12 cents per gallon, or a 40 percent increase. a petition ...
evidence_2: apr 6, 2017 ... "if approved, jerry brown's 12 cent gas tax hike will make california gas prices  the highest in the nation," runner said on twitter on april 5, 2017. ... as of the day  runner made his claim, california's average price was $2.98. ... will rank months  from now when the proposed tax increase would go into effect.
evidence_3: apr 28, 2017 ... large gas and diesel fuel increases take effect nov. ... recreation fund will  collect the revenue from the 12-cent gas excise tax increase on gas ...
evidence_4: oct 27, 2017 ... for diesel fuel, the excise tax will jump by 20 cents per gallon to 36 cents, and ...  with diesel around $3 a gallon, the sales tax increase works out to ... “after that,  it's hard to say” because gasoline prices fluctuate ... californians already pay  about 50 cents a gallon more than the national average for gasoline ...
evidence_5: oct 27, 2017 ... a 12-cent increase in the california gas tax will take effect on nov. 1. the  increase will help fund roadway improvements.