Nancy Pelosi is sticking up for her constituents, amidst all the recent news that San Francisco has the highest gas prices in the nation.

She says that she's trying to make July 4th “Energy Independence Day" through a package of proposals.

As a pedestrian/public transportation user, we don't personally feel a direct impact from these high prices, but we'd be fooling ourselves to think that there isn't a trickle-down impact -- on any goods trucked here, on any driving-based services, and more. It's often said that San Franciscans pay a premium to live in this wonderful city, and that sentiment is surely right -- but enough's enough, and prices should not be high gratuitously. Time to figure out why gas prices are so expensive nationwide and even more out of line here. Especially since we keep seeing stories of record profits from the oil producers.