California’s gas tax increased Wednesday by 3.2 cents per gallon. The tax hike, which took effect on the first day of the new fiscal year, July 1, now brings California’s gas tax to 50.5 cents per gallon. The hike is part of Senate Bill 1, passed in April of 2017 and includes increases in gas taxes and vehicle registration fees. The bill is designed to raise over $5 billion per year for road repairs and infrastructure improvements. When it took effect in November of 2017, it increased the gas tax by 12 cents. It then went up another 5.6 cents in July of 2019, to 47.3 cents per gallon.
