{"id":348117,"date":"2026-06-05T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348117\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:30:09","slug":"cost-drivers-fail-to-move-cost-cutters-still-alive-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348117\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost Drivers Fail to Move; Cost Cutters Still Alive – Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Affordability<\/a><\/p>\n

Affordability Agenda Update<\/p>\n

Strong\u00a0opposition\u00a0from the California Chamber of Commerce and allied groups stopped several\u00a0Cost Driver\u00a0bills from advancing beyond the house in which they were introduced this year.<\/p>\n

Legislation not moving dealt with the authority of the air resources board, employer hiring decisions and the use of technology by utility companies.<\/p>\n

Below are brief summaries of the failed\u00a0Cost Drivers, as well as the few\u00a0Cost Cutter\u00a0bills that remain alive.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0AB 1777 (Garcia; D-Rancho Cucamonga)<\/a>\u00a0Grants California Air Resources Board (CARB) Sweeping New Authority to Regulate Indirect Sources Statewide.\u00a0Would have authorized broad, undefined statewide regulation of facilities that attract mobile sources of emissions, driving new compliance costs across key sectors and increasing prices for goods and services.\u00a0To Assembly Inactive File 5\/28\/2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0AB 2095 (Lee; D-San Jose)<\/a>\u00a0Expands Fair Chance Liability and Restricts Employer Hiring Discretion.\u00a0Would have created problematic changes to the Fair Chance Act, including a presumption that an applicant may not be denied a position if they have completed a sentence or possess a certificate or license for the position, regardless of the facts or circumstances of any prior convictions.\u00a0To Assembly Inactive File 5\/28\/2026.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SB 1011 (McNerney; D-Pleasanton)<\/a>\u00a0Limits Use of Technology by Utilities.\u00a0Would have placed significant burdens on utilities\u2019 use of automated decision systems, which would impact systems already in widespread use to manage distribution systems as well as critical systems used to provide rapid emergency responses.\u00a0To Senate Inactive File 5\/28\/2026.<\/p>\n

Cost Cutters<\/p>\n

Continuing to move through the Legislature are the following\u00a0Cost Cutters:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0AB 2124 (Pacheco; D-Downey)<\/a>\u00a0Improves How the Legislature Evaluates the Cost of Energy Policy Decisions through Independent Ratepayer Impact Review.\u00a0Supports more cost-effective policymaking by creating a framework for independent evaluation of proposed legislation that imposes costs on utility customers, helping identify unnecessary or duplicative programs and reducing future rate pressure.\u00a0Passed Assembly; referred to Senate policy committee.<\/p>\n

\u2022AB 1693 (Zbur; D-Hollywood)<\/a>\u00a0Accelerated Building Plan Approval.\u00a0Tenant Improvements. Streamlines permitting for tenant improvements at retail locations, while ensuring compliance with all applicable building, health, and safety requirements.\u00a0Passed Assembly; referred to Senate policy committee.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0SB 84 (Niello; R-Fair Oaks)<\/a>\u00a0Right to Cure.\u00a0Provides businesses with time to cure an alleged Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation to curb frivolous litigation.\u00a0Two-Year Bill. In Assembly policy committee 6\/18\/2025.<\/p>\n

View the current status of all bills on the CalChamber Affordability Agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Affordability Agenda Update Strong\u00a0opposition\u00a0from the California Chamber of Commerce and allied groups stopped several\u00a0Cost Driver\u00a0bills from advancing beyond…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[127372,112772,112773,7,9,8,127373,112774,136],"class_list":["post-348117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-2026-cost-cutters","tag-2026-cost-drivers","tag-affordability-agenda","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cost-cutters","tag-cost-drivers","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}