California’s gasoline tax will rise by 2.2 cents per gallon on Wednesday to about 63 cents per gallon, keeping it the highest in the United States. The change is a routine adjustment required under the 2017 SB 1 law’s annual inflation mechanism. President Donald Trump urged retailers on Truth Social to cut prices and warned against price gouging, while Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office pushed back by citing Trump’s earlier remarks about benefiting from higher oil prices. Sen. Adam Schiff blamed high gas costs on U.S.-Iran hostilities, though CNN said California’s heavy tax burden is also a major factor, and the state’s retail gas price is currently the nation’s second-highest behind Hawaii.