New poll shows that Black and Latino Californians were hit hardest by high gas prices.
The recent spike in gasoline prices took the greatest financial toll on Black and Latino Californians, though more than half of all adults in the state reported suffering at least moderate economic hardship, according to a new poll by theCalifornians living in the Inland Empire and Central Valley, where distant commutes or long drives for work and daily chores are commonplace, also felt a far greater pinch due to steep prices at the pump compared with those living in the state’s densely...
But neither Newsom nor Democratic lawmakers appear to have suffered politically due to the high gas prices or other economic turbulence around the nation, the poll showed.Supply shortages have sent used-car prices soaring. And that’s made repos more lucrative, with borrowers having cars seized days after missing a payment.
Mark Baldassare, the institute’s president and chief executive, called those approval numbers “incredible” given that the poll also showed that 70% of adults in the state felt that bad times were ahead for the California economy in the next 12 months. Baldassare said the brunt of voter anger over the rise in inflation and other economic concerns has been more focused on President Biden and Congress.
Perhaps helping Newsom and other Democrat leaders at the Capitol was a spending plan the governor signed in June that will provideto lessen the impact of high fuel prices and the cost of living.
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