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California’s gasoline supply is evaporating

Friday, December 5, 2025, 11:09 am | Randy Thomasson

If you voted for Democrats, you voted for this!

In 1982, California had more than 40 refineries, and soon will go down to only 7. When this happens, the gasoline supply will become unstable, resulting in shortages, while prices skyrocket — courtesy of the anti-people Democrat Party politicians in control of California state government.

Phillips 66’s refinery in Los Angeles is closing down this month. Then, as soon as January, Valero will shut down its big refinery in Benicia at the southwest edge of Solano County.

Newsom & the Democrats (who control 3/4ths of the seats in both houses of the California State Legislature) were warned in Spring 2025, but so far they’ve done nothing substantial to prevent this supply-chain problem:

GasBuddy.com’s Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick De Haan on his X account said“It’s clear that the political environment in California has been hostile to refiners, and the state badly needs to revise its mentality or face a declining number of refineries and higher prices.”

So why are California gas prices already the highest nationwide?

As oil expert Dave Noerr told the California Globe:

“The growing difference between the price of crude oil and the retail cost of gas and diesel as well as the additional cost Californians pay compared to every bordering state and the rest of the U.S. is:

  • The Sacramento surcharge
  • The cost of California
  • The growing of Government
  • The Low Carbon Fuel Standard
  • The Cap and Trade Program
  • Vapor recycling requirements
  • Data collection
  • Air quality mandated equipment replacements

So California, the fact of the matter is, you are paying the same or less for the crude oil contained in a gallon of gas or diesel. You are just paying a lot more for government.”

LEARN MORE from the California Globe:

Dec. 1, 2025: “Has California’s oil and gas industry hit the point of no return?”

Dec. 2, 2025: “New report warns consequences of an oil pipeline shutdown would ‘cascade across the state’”

Find the cheapest gas in California with GasBuddy.com

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
The Bible, Proverbs 29:2

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
Ludwig von Mises, economist/philosopher advocating for private property and small government (Sept. 29, 1881 – Oct. 10, 1973)

Why the unfair, corrupt Prop. 50 passed + what’s next

Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:41 pm | Randy Thomasson
Are most Californians — getting dumber or more foolish or more sinful, or all three?

The latest count of California’s vote on the unfair, unjust, racist, corrupt Proposition 50 is 63.9% yes and 36.1% no.

Yet demonstrating the unreliability of “moderates” and too many registered “Republicans,” eight California counties won by Donald Trump just one year ago “flipped” by voting YES on Prop. 50 this year. Why did this happen?

First of all, the evidence is that most California voters (Democrats and independents) believed a barrage of lying ads. They therefore foolishly and illogically justified California’s biased redistricting in response to Texas’ fair redistricting. So they were energized to turn out in greater numbers than in an “average” special election.

Second, the evidence is that Republican turnout was weak, even anemic. It’s estimated that only one-third of California Republicans voted in the Prop. 50 statewide special election. Does this mean most Republicans were confused or cynical (so they didn’t vote), or were they lazy or unloving, or all of the above?

Of California’s 5.8 million registered Republicans, only an estimated 1.8 million had mailed in their ballots by Nov. 3. One year ago, more than 6 million Californians voted for the Republican presidential ticket of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. Yet this election, only 3.2 million Californians voted NO on the unfair, corrupt Prop. 50 (as of the count on Nov. 6 @ 8:45 p.m).

Compare the unadmirable Republican voter turnout of this month to California’s 2009 statewide special election, which had 5 liberal statewide propositions on the ballot. In May 2009, it was a 28.40% low voter turnout (with conservatives surging to defeat the big-government propositions by an average of 65% voting no). Yet in the just-concluded statewide special election on the unfair, corrupt Prop. 50, the overall turnout was about 36%, with the NO side supplying just over a third of the votes.

It’s a harsh truth that if all the Californians who voted to elect Donald Trump in 2024 (they officially numbered 6,081,697) had “stayed the course” and voted no on Prop. 50 just one year later, Prop. 50, with about 5.3 million YES votes, would have been defeated by a greater number of NO votes.
Where were all the Republicans? It didn’t help that too many falsely believed that:

* President Trump is hurting the economy with his tariffs (he’s not)
* Texas getting rid of race-based districts was unfair (it wasn’t)
* Democrat Party media ads can be trusted (they can’t)
* The unfair, lying Yes on Prop. 50 were true (see how they outspent the No side)
* Their votes don’t matter due to election fraud (they forgot they can still win in CA)

What can we conclude from most California Republicans not voting this election, when wiping out Republican congressional districts was on the ballot?

From the Bible and experience, I know that selfishness is natural (newborn babies are 100% selfish) and that sacrificial and faithful love must be learned, and is therefore rare (which is why too many people are unfair and unjust in their hearts).

What’s more, I believe too many people have become “Republican” without knowing what it means. For these “barely Republican” Californians are not grounded, but are weak on history, fairness, and biblical love for neighbor.

Yes, they were likely “triggered” by certain issues into becoming a Republican. Yet their conservative ideals are not their default character, which is therefore not reliable, but “spotty,” so most “sat out” this special election. The math of Republicans not voting shows why Prop. 50 was approved, not defeated.
The rarity of love means biblical Christians and other faith-based conservatives, who believe voting is obedience to God and love for neighbor, are the most dependable voters.

May the failure to seize this special election opportunity serve as a correction to conservatives and Republicans everywhere. For be a good citizen, you must study the issues and vote right in God’s sight and encourage others to do the same. And this is obeying Jesus Christ, Who commanded His disciples to “love your neighbor as yourself.

Can Prop. 50 and election fraud be stopped?

It’s awful that Prop. 50 passed. Yet realize that, in next year’s congressional elections, Prop. 50 won’t likely flip the U.S. House, because of red states’ mid-census redistricting.

The federal lawsuit alleges Prop. 50 violates the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The most likely chance of 5 or 6 SCOTUS judges agreeing would be the 15th Amendment’s prohibition of limiting or denying voters’ rights based on color or race.

It’s hard to reverse Prop. 50 because SCOTUS reaffirmed in 1997 that, according to Article 1, Section 1, individual states can prescribe regulations governing the Times, Places and Manner of holding elections; however, “Congress may at any time make or alter such Regulations.

Therefore, if Congress were to approve a quick bill to eliminate Prop. 50, it could; however, such a law might also have to eliminate other states’ mid-census redistricting.
While President Trump probably CAN’T ban “all mail-in ballots,” we at SaveCalifornia.com believe he CAN stop illegal aliens from voting, and not just in California, but in all 50 states.

For it’s likely the U.S. Supreme Court would uphold a “citizens only” voting standard. More

Trump’s full statement on his 11/4/25 Truth Social post: “The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All “Mail-In” Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are “Shut Out,” is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!

In response, the press office of California’s Big Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted a cartoon of “Baby Trump” crying outside the White House and stating, “Live look at Trump this morning, whining about California.”

Yet election fraud is real in California. See 2 recent examples + fraud-promoting laws:

“California Voter Receives 2 Ballots as Newsom Launches Gerrymandering Push,” Breitbart News, Oct. 13, 2025

California Democrat Assemblywoman Caught on Video Leading Large Group of Non-English Speaking Immigrants to Vote Yes on Prop 50,” The Gateway Pundit, Nov. 4, 2025

See a chronology of California’s Democrat Party politicians’ laws promoting both election fraud and voter fraud

TAKE RENEWED ACTION: Urge U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate election fraud in California. See why and use her web form

“And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Jesus Christ in Mark 12:31

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Timothy 3:13

Democrat Party politicians are burning up California

Friday, October 31, 2025, 11:51 am | Randy Thomasson

No, the Dem politicians DON’T CARE and WON’T PREVENT out-of-control wildfires that kill people, incinerate homes, and greatly pollute the air.

From the start of the Jerry Brown administration (2011-2019) through the Gavin Newsom administration (2019-present), there have been 117,113 wildfires total on California land.

All because, beholden to environmental wacko groups, they’ve refused to clear out dead trees and brush, or thin out overgrown live trees and brush.

Their criminal neglect has resulted in abundant, highly combustible fuel that transforms little fires into highly-destructive “monster” fires.

Adding to the huge problem of “spreading” is the “starting” problem, a consequence of the Democrat Party politicians’ pro-transient policies, resulting in irresponsible fire-starters statewide.

NUMBER OF WILDFIRES ON CALIFORNIA LAND BY YEAR
Source: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

2025: 7,598
2024: 8,110
2023: 7,386
2022: 7,477
2021: 7,396
2020: 8,648
2019: 7,148
2018: 7,948
2017: 9,270
2016: 6,954
2015: 8,283
2014: 7,233
2013: 8,889
2012: 7,041
2011: 7,732
= 117,113 wildfires total on California land from 2011 to present

STREET PEOPLE ARE STARTING MANY FIRES

“Homeless Start 17,000 Fires in Los Angeles City Annually, Says LA Fire Department,” Santa Monica Observer 3/7/25

“The most reliable data on fires started by homeless people in the City of Los Angeles comes from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which tracks “homeless fires” — incidents linked to encampments or unsheltered individuals.

“For the City of Los Angeles specifically (not the broader county), the LAFD reported 13,909 such fires in 2023. This number reflects a significant increase from prior years — nearly double the 7,149 recorded in 2020 — and aligns with a trend of rising incidents: 8,823 in 2021 and 11,595 in 2022.

“These numbers align with the LAFD’s observed annual increase of 2,000–3,000 fires since 2019, making 16,000–17,000 plausible for 2024, though official confirmation is pending.”

REMEMBER: Because little fires turning into “monster” fires is a direct result of Democrat Party politicians’ neglect, every out-of-control wildfire is a Democrat Party wildfire.

Your country is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
Strangers devour your land in your presence;
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Isaiah 1:7

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.

Proverbs 29:2