CA is the #3 oil producer in the US. Texas produces about 900,000 barrels and CA produces 500,000. CA taxes it plenty (oil that is). California is also the third highest in the Nation for taxing the fuel, for total tax.
> Tax as pct. of gas price: 17.7% (4th highest)
> State fuel tax: 45.4 cents per gallon (4th highest)
> Gas price: $2.57 (4th highest)
California's gas taxes are among the highest in the nation, with the state charging 45.4 cents for every gallon purchased. However, such high fees may well be justified as more than 29 billion vehicle miles were driven on California roads last October alone, the most of any state. Additionally, more than 36% of the state's bridge surface area was either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete as of 2013, more than in all but a few states. In all, California taxed nearly 10 billion gallons of gas in the first eight months of 2014, well more than any other state, but the taxes collected are not spent on the roads as they were intended.
Its the spending that is out of control!