Gov. Newsom’s ‘Big Oil’ war creates collateral damage as private property values rendered worthless

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has made his war on the state’s oil and gas industry a hallmark of his administration. In 2023, he declared that he “took on Big Oil and won,” after passing laws requiring refiners to publicize data as part of an effort to find evidence of price gouging, which turned up none. […]