Who would qualify for California's proposed $400 gas rebate? The answer may surprise you.
High gas prices at stations on the corner of Valley View Street and Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove, Calif., on Monday, March 7, 2022.
MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty ImagesAmid record prices at the pump, a group of California legislators unveiled a proposal Thursday for a $400 rebate to help offset the high gas tax residents pay in the Golden State.
The lawmakers, most of them Democrats, proposed pulling $9 billion from California's $45 billion budget surplus to fund rebates that would more than cover the 51-cent-per-gallon state gas tax for one full year of weekly fill-ups for a car with a 15-gallon tank.
“Many Californians are feeling severe financial pain at the pump and looking to California’s leaders for help,” Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine), who led the effort to get this proposal together, said in a statement. “We believe a rebate is the best approach to directly put money in people’s pockets.”
Are you already starting to think about how you would spend that money and wondering who would qualify for the rebate? The surprising thing is that this rebate wouldn't only be aimed at drivers, and you wouldn't need to show proof of car ownership or provide gas receipts. The thinking is that all residents are experiencing a hit right now with inflation and the rising cost of living expenses.
If the proposal passes, anyone who files taxes in the state would receive $400 — no matter how much you drive, no matter how much money you make and regardless of whether you have a car, the release said.
The proposal is being pitched as an alternative to suspending the gas tax, which is the highest in the country. Republicans in the state have argued for cutting the a gas tax entirely.
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