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Is this due to CA's high gas tax? That is a fixed value per gallon, so higher gas prices will not affect this right?

$0.60 + 2.25%.

The excise tax is a fixed .60+ per gallon, going up July 1. The sales tax is 2.25%, and local sales tax some additional percentage.

And all the oil companies - CRC and Chevron are huge.