Jerry Brown’s position on such legislation but cannot imagine the governor opposing it. The hedge fund founder from San Francisco said he has “no idea” of Gov. Steyer says he will seek to persuade lawmakers through public polling that he believes will show voters support increasing taxes on major oil producers, but it could be a hard sell in 2014, an election year. “If the Legislature can’t get it done, then hopefully the people will.”

“We’re giving away our natural resources for free to companies that make billions of dollars a day in profits,” she said. But she noted that the current makeup of the Legislature includes more moderate Democrats who are loathe to oppose the business community, which has opposed such efforts. Her spokeswoman, Teala Schaff, said Evans hopes to find more support for the bill in 2014. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, already has pending legislation that would impose a 9.5 percent per-barrel tax on oil, but it stalled in a legislative committee this year. “After understanding the implications of raising taxes on energy production, Californians have rejected all of those proposals and they will reject this one,” Hall said.

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