Fellow San Diegans, or for that matter anyone who puts gas in their car...

[tjwash]

I just found some basic facts about gas price gouging

Excerpt:
MYTH: "When oil costs more, gas always costs more"

It is not unusual for California motorists to see sharp price hikes just days after OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raises its prices. There is little relationship between temporary OPEC price increases and the cost of gasoline. First, it takes 90 to 120 days to drill, transport and refine crude oil into gasoline. Second, more than 90% of California’s gasoline comes from West Coast drilling operations. As a result, OPEC has little impact on the real production cost of California gasoline. More troubling is the fact that when oil prices plummet, California’s gas prices barely budge, and when oil prices are increasing, the U.S. oil industry marches in lock-step with OPEC.

[maveric]

1. San Diegans seem to pay more for everything.

Gas, food, housing, public transportation, lodgings, Utilities (SDGE)....
But the wages are lower than the other major metro areas of the state. I've heard that the weather(sunshine bucks), and the republican leadership here, are a factor also.

[louis-t]

2. San Diego is #1 in disparity between cost of living

and wages in the nation. Spent 5 days there in March.

[Jack_Dawson]

3. Welcome to the Sun Tax

Think it's bad here? Try Hawaii.

But yes I filled up for $2.51/gallon last night. Good times.