Taxing Big Oil: Richmond City Council to vote on Chevron refinery tax | KTVU

Richmond city leaders are taking aim at the Chevron refinery with a crucial vote that could make the city's largest employer subject to a major tax.

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[Kunfucious]

Do people realize that every tax is a just a price increase on themselves? What is wrong with Californians?

[soggybottomboys]

Chevron is leaving California anyway ! All of you will be crying yourself to sleep and begging Chevron to come back !

[davidcarmack]

They will just pass the tax on to the consumer, vote yes and you will only be taxing yourself.

[KTurkmani]

Richmond citizens, wake up and vote no on this tax. It's a $90 million per year tax that benefits politicians, while you'll be stuck paying more for everything. Many people don't realize that almost everything they use daily comes from refinery products. This isn't about health and the environment. The Richmond refinery is the cleanest of its kind globally, with employees who serve many years until retirement. If health were a concern, no one would work there. Don't be misled by activists who don't even live in Richmond. They brought high school kids to the council meeting, whose speeches showed no understanding of the situation. Chevron has invested over $2 billion in the community since 2018, contributing 25% of the city's revenue. If Chevron leaves, we all lose. It's time to partner and work together, not add more regulations and taxes that we end up paying while politicians build their empires.

[joanmsmith]

Keep it up Richmond. Between you and the state, theyll leave and there goes your revenue.

[jasonwells]

Socialism brings higher prices-People never learn

[infinitepower]

Taking all those good jobs from the Bay Area will be one of the many nails in their coffins

[Chilos]

And then we wonder why gas is so expensive in CA

[Username]

This would be bad nation wide. The US has no where near enough refinery capacity.

[seadweller]

Don’t they really mean taxing the gasoline customers?

[sandybeach]

Raise the tax and raise the price of gas😅

[hobamasucs]

It's too bad that Chevron can't just close down and pull out of Richmond ! FNDEMOCRATS!

[bt]

Vote yes and get mad at the Government 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[romulocarbungco]

Generally in the Population cannot afford to buy EV, , ,

[WhomeWhoyodaddy-lejz]

Forcing people to buy throwaway $40k EV thatll end up with more environmental problems

[johncranmer]

California can screw up a steel ball with a rubber malet

[mw-slvo]

time to recall the entire richmond city council

[mahdahpahkah]

Although Chevron as a company makes billions in profit, Chevron in Richmond is barely paying the bills.

This refinery will scale back and/or shutdown.

What will the City of Richmond do then?

Its not just the Chevron employees that will be affected but the hundreds and thousands of small businesses and employees that also rely on Chevron.

Maybe the city council should run the numbers if Chevron left how that would affect the cities budget...

[abcfhdi]

lol tax the refiners after taxing at the pump. they will just transfer the tax to consumers. they should repeal the gas tax rather than making these mone grabs.

[AasraTeraa]

Yeah take a tax on them and make sure they can't get it back to the consumer The reminders are not good enough for the people they're finery