SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to get his state off of oil and gas — but the path is littered with political tripwires.
His plan to manage gas prices has drawn attacks from the National Republican Congressional Committee, criticism from neighboring governors and pushback from Democratic moderates at home.
The state is transitioning quickly to electric vehicles as it pursues a 2035 deadline to phase out sales of new gas cars — but combustion engines will be on the roads for decades to come, and Newsom is acutely sensitive to prices at the pump that cleared $6 per gallon each of the last two Septembers and are once again climbing…