I don't think I could handle a higher tax burden, especially that I'm on a fixed income.

One other problem that hasn't been mentioned: new fuel efficient vehicles become more expensive and used ones hard to find when gas prices go up.

I'm not so concerned about the gas/diesel tax hike.

However I'm not a fan of the vehicle registration fee hike.

1) Registration fees are really taxes, but are classified as fees, so they are not tax deductible, although they should be.

2) California vehicle registration fees have already risen at least 300% over the past two decades.

3) It is appropriate to hike registration fees on electric car owners, since they pay no gas tax. However, this may just be a prelude to taxing all vehicles on miles driven per year, in addition to the already jacked up gas and registration costs.

4) Where the HELL has all the money from existing gas and registration taxes gone? To local police depts and the highway patrol? They sure don't seem to be getting used to fix our roads.

5) What's orange and sleeps six? Answer: A Caltrans truck.

The rest of the country. If I saw that roads were repaired and infrastructure being upgraded it might make it easier to swallow but we're not seeing any of that.

as it is. Some days I drive 200 miles. It is almost all business.

It's been eons since they were last raised and Pence's successor is actively pushing for it. Unfortunately he also wants to charge EV owners $150/year, which far exceeds the gas tax for a comparable vehicle.