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Latest Posts by Mercedes44:
California’s Gasoline Prices Aren’t
a Jones Act Problem — They’re a California
Policy Problem replies
a Jones Act Problem — They’re a California
Policy Problem replies
When gasoline prices spike in California, commentators reflexively search for a villain that can be blamed without confronting the state’s own policy failures. The latest example is a Fortune article suggesting that recent supply disruptions — and California’s chronically high gas prices — are meaningfully driven by Jones Act compliance and shipping constraints. That claim is not merely misleading. It is wrong.
California’s gasoline prices have been higher than the national average for decades, long predating the current shipping disruptions cited in the article. The Jones Act, by contrast, has been federal law since 1920.