Newsom’s special legislative session has no hope of reducing high gas prices and shortages if it refuses to address the actual cause of such high prices and shortages.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed hundreds of bills into law this year aimed at addressing a range of key issues facing California including retail theft, consumer protection and affordable housing.

The new law aims to curb conservative efforts in cities like Huntington Beach, where a voter ID requirement was passed in March.

The California Senate called an Extraordinary Session to consider legislation that would set new fuel storage requirements for oil refiners aimed at preventing future gas price spikes at the gas pumps.

The California Senate leader, who struck up a surprising public spat with Gov. Gavin Newsom over his special session on gasoline price spikes, finally agreed Sunday to call his members back to Sacramento after the Assembly advanced the governor's proposal.