Steve Greenhut Western Region Director for the R Street Institute, a free market think tank and on the editorial board of the Southern California News Group,   He writes a column for the Orange County Register and their 11 newspapers.  Governor Newsom has asked the attorney general to investigate why the state's gas prices are so high, pointing to a new report suggesting big oil companies are "misleading and overcharging customers" by as much as $1 per gallon.