The arrival of the last oil tanker carrying crude from the Middle East to California this week has state lawmakers on edge, and an energy expert warning of a gas price “crisis.”

Democratic and Republican assemblymembers grilled the California Energy Commission on Tuesday as they try to figure out what can be done to replace the 30% of the state’s oil typically imported from the Persian Gulf.

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS

America’s war with Iran has closed off the Strait of Hormuz , and that tanker was the last to depart the region for California before war broke out.…