California GOP Joins Orange County Leaders and Businesses to Call for Gas Tax Holiday

Gas stations serve customers at peak prices in Irvine, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

ORANGE, Calif.—As the City of Orange officials and business leaders gathered in Yorba Park near the 55 Freeway and Chapman Avenue, a gas station LED sign showing prices starting at $4.89 per gallon loomed overhead across the street.

“I guarantee you that any of you wanting to go over and interview anyone filling up at the pump you would not find one person that would not be happy if the gas were less in price,” Mayor of the City of Orange Mark Murphy said to reporters. “[Saving] 50 cents per gallon for six months. Can you imagine?”