Commuters, businesses plot cash-saving options as gas prices skyrocket
Southern Californians are grappling with the new reality of high gasoline prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and President Joe Biden’s ban on Russian oil imports.
Tow truck driver Saeid “Yankee” Kharrat of Brea Towing Service secures a disabled car to his truck in Orange on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Southern Californians and businesses such as tow truck companies, delivery services and gardeners are grappling with the surging gasoline prices. Cars queue up at Costco’s gas pumps in Tustin on Wednesday, March 9, 2022., where lines wrapped around both sides of the street.
Polls by Quinnipiac University, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters/Ipsos show 71-80% of Americans support the ban on Russian oil, even if it drives up gasoline prices. Some 63% of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll said paying more for fuel and gas was worthwhile to defend another democracy. Still, this week’s increase sparked alarm among those whose livelihoods depend on driving.
“For small businesses, that’s really going to take a bite out of them unless you charge your customers, which you’re going to have to do,” Fones said. Pirnazar’s company also contracts with the Orange County Transporation Authority to provide free roadside assistance through the Freeway Service Patrol. The OCTA bases its payments on fuel costs, which are reset quarterly. Now, his company and others are seeking monthly revisions.Fuel costs used to represent a third of Pirnazar’s expenses, “and now, it’s definitely more. From Jan. 1 to now, our fuel bill has easily gone up about 60%.
Singh said Ben Hur has had to adjust its prices to compensate and may be forced to do additional hikes if gas prices continue to escalate. “We do not yet know where the needed extra money will come from within our own district budget,” Quach said in an email.
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