CA importing gasoline from Bahamas, despite a massive oil field beneath their feet. But perhaps common sense is making inroads: CA passed a law targeting increased in-state oil production and approving up to 2,000 new well permits annually. Newsom knows he can't win in 2028 with sky high gas prices, which means he needs in state oil production and refining (as well as interstate pipelines to connect Kern County to northern CA)