I neither intended nor implied any suggestion of wrongdoing or conspiracy by anyone. It is simply frustrating to know that while crude prices have gone down, there has been no real corresponding price drop at the retail level in Southern California. Prices did drop for a very brief time, then went back up even as they were lowering elsewhere. I understand there have been refinery issues and other factors, but it still sucks!
Dude! Your state has its own gas formulations, green fuel requirements, air permits to dispense fuel permits, severe zoning restrictions on gas stations, not to mention the sky high taxes.
Oil prices and refineries are the smallest of your issues. Oil could go to free and your gas prices won’t go below $3! Don’t even put CA prices anywhere near an honest article on oil and gas.