DoorDash is preparing to shell out more than $50 million this quarter to help drivers cope with soaring fuel costs as gas prices hammer consumers and businesses alike, with California emerging as a major pressure point in the nationwide crunch. The San Francisco-based delivery giant said Wednesday that the extra spending will fund temporary fuel-price relief for drivers in the US and Canada. The company first announced the program in March after gas prices surged amid the Iran war . A Doordash delivery food bag as seen on a porch in Hawthorne. Christopher Sadowski The timing is especially critical in California, where officials are increasingly worried the state could be headed toward a full-blown gasoline “crisis.” The arrival of the last oil tanker carrying crude from the Middle East to California this week has lawmakers on edge as the war threatens global energy supplies.…