Could California pause the gas tax or start charging drivers fees based on mileage?

Current events have resulted in a “perfect storm,” state Sen. Tony Strickland said, that might give some momentum to legislative Republicans’ efforts to scale back California’s gas tax.

Republicans in the statehouse have for years railed against the state’s gas tax, unsuccessfully pushing efforts to suspend annual increases to the tax.

This year, among several Republican-led gasoline-related bills, is an effort from Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, to suspend the state gas tax for one year.