Gov. Newsom considers special legislative session in response to rising gas prices

Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering calling state lawmakers back to Sacramento in response to rising gas prices. "We’re hoping to do more with this windfall profits tax to go after big oil," he said Thursday at a climate-related event in San Francisco. The governor has requested the legislature approve a measure that would require oil companies pay back excessive profits to consumers through a new tax. The legislature finished policy making for the year on August 31 and can’t begin action on proposals until January, unless the governor calls a special legislative session.