“This is a series of power plays by a governor who is looking at being gone and doesn’t want to be seen as a lame duck.”
— David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma State University, on the special session Gov. Gavin Newsom called for lawmakers to consider his plan to require gasoline refineries to maintain a reserve stock. Newsom says it will prevent price spikes, critics, including governors in Nevada and Arizona, say it will create shortages and worsen price spikes.