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Bill would force CARB to add granular cost‑of‑living analysis to major rules, prompting debate on capacity and delay
Summary
SB 981 would require the Air Resources Board to add cost‑of‑living impacts to regulatory impact analyses for rules with $50M+ impacts. Supporters say it improves transparency; opponents warn it will delay health protections and be impractical to model.
Senator Nilo presented SB 981, which would require the California Air Resources Board to include an analysis of cost‑of‑living effects—such as gasoline, electricity, food, housing and business costs—in its standardized regulatory impact analysis for regulations with $50 million or greater economic impacts.
"It improves the information on which these decisions are made by requiring CARB to analyze how major rules affect gasoline prices, electric…
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