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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, but soon, we’ll 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.

See our 12/12/25 update, “California oil: Will truth overcome the Left’s lies?”

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)

ACTION: Help expose the harm of Democrat Party politicians

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 8:46 am | Randy Thomasson

Can the Democrat Party’s grip on California be weakened?

Nearly every day now, I’m hearing about the wrongs of Democrat Party politicians.

From giving illegal aliens commercial truck drivers’ licenses, to hiding the skyrocketing costs of renovating the State Capitol, to dragging their feet on rebuilding permits in burnt-out Pacific Palisades, to embezzling campaign funds, to opposing election accountability, and more.

All this helps expose your Democrat Party domestic enemies. Caring conservative activists, and now the Trump Administration, are helping with this, and you can too.

TAKE ACTION: Whenever you see a Democrat Party wrong, use your social media, or contact the Trump Administration here or here, or tell an honest reporter, if you know of one. You can help expose what evil politicians do!

Here are examples of the “exposure” being provided by SaveCalifornia.com on our popular social media pages:

😳 Yes, that’s NINE ZEROS after the 18!! If you were in charge, what bad spending and waste would you cut?

👉 According to the California Globe 11/19/25

“Under our revenue and spending estimates, the Legislature faces an almost $18 billion budget problem in 2026‑27. This is about $5 billion larger than the budget problem anticipated by the administration in June, despite improvements in revenue.

“Starting in 2027‑28, we estimate structural deficits to grow to about $35 billion annually due to spending growth continuing to outstrip revenue growth.”

👉 According to Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley 9/30/25

“That Gavin Newsom wants to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants is not speculation. He literally drove Medi-Cal insolvent by doing precisely that. The program cost California taxpayers $23 billion over 2 years, forcing Newsom to get both an emergency loan and a bailout.”

🤯 The politicians in control DON’T want you to see this film.

🎬 Watch the “Paradise Abandoned: Inside the Pacific Palisades Fire” trailer in the comments or here.

Democrat Party politicians are in control, and continue to prove they will NOT protect you from out-of-control wildfires, or do anything to prevent small fires from turning monster.

🎬 Where to see the documentary:

Special screening Sun. Nov. 23 in Santa Monica. RSVP + more film info at https://www.robmontz.com

🔥 BIG PROBLEMS:

1. BURNT-OUT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM RETURNING: 70% of people who were affected by the Palisades Fire in California from January are still living in temporary housing due to slow-motion rebuilding permits and other bad (Democrat-Party-run) policies.

2. FIRE DEPT. COVER-UP: LAPD firefighters who want to testify to Congress about the preventable Palisades Fire have been told they’ll lose their job and pension if they do.

Alexander Fraser Tytler, Scottish attorney, judge, professor, historian (1747-1813)

3. FIRE DEPT. FORGOT THEIR MISSION: Los Angeles Times reports that LAFD firefighters, on a different wildfire last Jan. 1, were ordered to leave after they expressed concern about the possibility that the fire was continuing to burn underground.

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
Alexander Tytler, Scottish attorney/judge/professor/historian (1747-1813)

Could Californians elect a mostly-conservative Republican governor?

Saturday, November 8, 2025, 11:22 am | Randy Thomasson

SaveCalifornia.com provides this solely for educational purposes
and does not support or oppose candidates for public office.

DEC. 15, 2025 UPDATE: Now someone else is saying it. Politico, the Big Media arm of the Democrat Party, writing about the 2026 California governor’s race, says, “California Democrats have a math problem: They’ve added so many candidates in the race to succeed Gavin Newsom that two Republicans could end up winning the state’s quirky ‘jungle primary,’ shutting the Democrats out.”

NOV. 21, 2025 UPDATE: And now with Democrat Party congressman Eric Swalwell of San Francisco’s East Bay area declaring he’s running for governor too, we’ve again updated our hypothethical mathematical scenario below. Swalwell will further splinter Democrat Party voters.

NOV. 20, 2025 UPDATE: With the entrance into the governor’s race of leftist billionaire Tom Steyer, the odds of winning the “top two” of the June 2, 2026 “jungle primary” election have mathematically increased for mostly-conservative Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton. We’ve added Steyer to the hypothetical calculation below. The deadline to declare one’s candidacy for California governor is next March.

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Remember this hard-and-fast rule about California’s “jungle primary”: The “top two vote-getters” of any party are the two winners that advance to the November runoff.

Approved by California voters in June 2010, Proposition 14 requires, “All candidates for a given state or congressional office shall be listed on a single primary ballot. The top two candidates, as determined by the voters in an open primary, shall advance to a general election.”

Now for the big question — could both “primary election” winners be Republicans, guaranteeing a Republican governor? It’s a valid scenario.

In recent polling, Republican candidates for governor Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton have shot to the top:

· 11/7/25 Berkeley IGS poll of 8,141 registered voters: Bianco 13%, Porter 11%, Hilton 8%

· 10/24/25 Emerson College poll of 900 likely voters: Hilton 16%, Porter 15%, Bianco 11%

Why are Republicans scoring so high in liberal California? Let’s do the math, based on California’s 2024 presidential election results (giving Republican, American Independent, and Libertarian party candidates nearly 40% of the vote, and Democrat and other leftist party candidates nearly 60%):

If mostly-conservative Republicans Bianco and Hilton split 40% of the vote, and six Democrats split nearly 60%, the top two voter-getters will be Bianco and Hilton, guaranteeing a Republican governor.

Here’s this hypothetical scenario calculated by SaveCalifornia.com:

21% Steve Hilton (R)
19% Chad Bianco (R)
– – – – –
11% Xavier Becerra (D)
10% Katie Porter (D)
9% Tom Steyer (D)
8% Tony Thurmond (D)
8% Betty Yee (D)
5% Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
4% Eric Swalwell (D)
2% Ian Calderon (D)
3% other

(Former Democrat Party candidates Eleni Kounalakis and Toni Atkins have dropped out)

So if you’re a conservative, don’t fight over Bianco and Hilton — yet. Because a conservative Republican victory is only ensured if both men win California’s June 2, 2026 primary election.

“Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”
The Bible, Jethro’s advice to Moses in Exodus 18:21