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Gas tax repeal could also limit future tax increases

Eli Wirtschafter
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KALW News
Funding from the gas tax package supports this street paving project in San Francisco’s Mission Terrace.";

Proposition 6 would repeal the gas tax and transportation funding package that Governor Brown signed last year. That could put money back in your pocket at the pump, but take money out of roads and transit.

"The governor and the two-thirds of the legislature need to sign off on fuel taxes in California. Now, voters would have to approve too."

KALW’s Hana Baba spoke with transportation reporter Eli Wirtschafter about what Prop 6 would mean for California.

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Eli is a key member of KALW’s senior leadership team, managing our day-to-day operations so that KALW can deliver high-quality journalism, storytelling, and public service at scale. Eli is a proud graduate of Berkeley High School, UC Berkeley, and most importantly, KALW’s Audio Academy. He served as the director of our Uncuffed prison radio training program from 2019 to 2025, overseeing the launch of the Uncuffed podcast, the Uncuffed Playlist DJ program, our expansion to the California Institution for Women, and our investment in formerly incarcerated leadership.