It will just mean that the illegals will pay more to fuel their beater automobiles. The Jobs are not moving to the barrios.
These politicians make me sick. They're funneling revenue from the increased gas tax to build low-income housing near mass-transit hubs, and for a high-speed train. The train will service few, mostly a few rich people. It doesn't go where the people are, meaning people will have to drive to get to and from the train. Meaning lots of gas gets used. We don't need the train!
The reason housing is expensive is because it's near the jobs. People need their cars to get there. The solution is not to build more low-income housing, the solution is to create more jobs and create them where the people live. If they can't move the jobs to the barrios, then tough. Let the free market handle it. Where jobs exist, people will find a way to get to them without political intervention. Silly to raise gas taxes and make it harder to get to the jobs.