Just in time for April Fools’ Day, California passed a law that purports to stop “price gouging” by gas stations. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s communications staff, which cannot spell the word “vise,” boasted that the new law “creates a dedicated, day-in and day-out, independent watchdog to root out price gouging by oil companies and authorizes the California Energy Commission to create a penalty to hold the industry accountable.”