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- Written by: AAA
Despite owning the unfortunate title of most expensive gas, prices in the Golden State have dropped considerably over the last two months.
The average price of gasoline in California was $3.27 as of late Monday, 13 cents cheaper than last month, and nearly 50 cents cheaper than the beginning of November.
"Californians are paying more for gasoline than anywhere else in America, including Hawaii. That can be frustrating for motorists, especially those with longer commutes," said Michael Blasky, a spokesman for AAA Northern California. "But gas prices are much cheaper than 60 days ago, when many Bay Area stations flirted with $4 gasoline."
Gas prices have been steadily falling across the country since November, when the global price of oil suddenly took a dive.
Wall Street investors had driven the price of oil higher by betting that renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran, a top oil producer in the world, would cause oil demand to rise.
But demand for oil and gas has actually fallen in the last two months, with some analysts on Monday predicting an economic slowdown based on forecasts coming from countries like China.
"If global demand for oil falls in the future, that would likely bring gasoline prices down even further. But right now, demand for energy remains very strong across the world," Blasky said.
AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report is the most comprehensive retail gasoline survey available, with over 100,000 self-serve stations surveyed every day, nationwide. Data is provided in cooperation with OPIS Energy Group and Wright Express LLC.
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- Written by: California State Fair
Whether it’s the strong bitter profile of an IPA or malty overtones of a brown ale, anyone over the age of 21 can now enter their beverage into the Homebrew Competition, now open until Feb. 8.
The Homebrew Competition offers all Californians the opportunity to compete with other home brewer masters from across the state and to receive valuable feedback from industry experts.
There is no procrastinating. Everyone is invited to get to hoppin and enter their tasty brew into the competition and fight for the 2019 California State Fair Blue Ribbon for Best Homebrew.
For details on how to enter, click here for the Homebrew Competition Guidebook.
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- Written by: California Department of Food and Agriculture
The board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to the department to help ensure that commercial feed inspections contribute to a clean and wholesome supply of milk, meat, and eggs.
The vacancies are for three commercial feed industry representatives, and applicants must hold a current California Commercial Feed License.
The term of office for board members is three years. Members receive no compensation but are entitled to payment of necessary travel expenses in accordance with the rules of the California Department of Personnel Administration.
Individuals interested in a board appointment must submit a resume and a completed Prospective Member Appointment Questionnaire, or PMAQ,by March 15.
The questionnaire is available at: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/PMAQ_Feed_IAB.pdf.
Please send resume and PMAQ via email to
For further information, please contact Brittnie Sabalbro at 916-900-5022.
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- Written by: California Controller’s Office
For the fiscal year, revenues of $55.63 billion are 4.4 percent ($2.54 billion) less than projected in the budget, which was enacted at the end of June.
“With our economy continuing to hover on the brink of a downturn, I applaud Governor Newsom’s budget planning with an eye towards building a strong foundation of long-term cost savings and fiscal discipline. The governor’s proposals for debt and pension liability reduction; bold programming investments for education, health care, child care, and housing; and rainy day savings will pay dividends,” said Controller Yee, the state’s chief fiscal officer. “With thoughtful allocation of finite resources, we can shape solutions to one of our most vexing challenges – the widening inequality that plagues our state.”
Personal income tax (PIT), sales tax, and corporation tax – the state’s “big three” revenue sources – all were lower than projected in the FY 2018-19 budget.
The shortfall in December could be partly due to lags in taxpayer filings at the end of the tax year as a result of federal tax deduction changes. Consequently, January receipts are expected to catch up to the FY 2018-19 budget forecast.
For December, PIT receipts of $6.76 billion were $3.45 billion less than expected in the FY 2018-19 Budget Act. PIT receipts in December 2017 were $11.50 billion.
Sales tax receipts of $1.16 billion for December were $1.42 billion less than anticipated in the FY 2018-19 budget. Last month’s corporation taxes of $2.09 billion were $179.5 million lower than FY 2018-19 Budget Act estimates.
The general fund ended December with an internal loan borrowing balance of $11.80 billion, which was $4.85 billion less than anticipated in the FY 2018-19 budget.