Lobbyists have ramped up their efforts to influence the California Air Resources Board, with a nearly 60% increase in the past five years in the number of companies and advocacy groups reporting lobbying the regulator.
The number of companies and groups looking to sway the board known as CARB jumped to 306 in 2023 from 194 in 2019, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis of state lobbying disclosures. The reports don’t specify how much money was specifically spent on the agency, but 58% more companies, trade associations and advocacy groups cited CARB among their targets last year compared with 2019. ...