California Air Resources Board

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has contracted four health analysis consultants with expertise in health impacts of air pollution to review the health analysis methodology used to estimate the benefits of the Board’s programs, plans, and regulations. CARB asked these consultants to provide individual recommendations on approaches for evaluating health impacts in disadvantaged communities that account for increased vulnerability and exposure to sources of pollution that impact communities.

As part of this effort, CARB Research Division (RD) solicited proposals from academic or government health analysis consultants selected through a public solicitation process 1) to review CARB methodologies and 2) to recommend approaches that may expand health equity considerations. These recommendations draw from current scientific literature as well as emerging or novel approaches and may build upon CARB’s existing methodologies or identify new approaches for future consideration. These are individual recommendations and do not consider legal and resource constraints.

During this meeting, the health consultants will present their individual ideas and recommendations on methodologies to incorporate community vulnerabilities and disparate exposures in three aspects of health assessments: population characteristics, health endpoints, and societal factors. Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments on the presentations during the meeting or submit comments during the two-week online public comment period (April 10-24, 2026) through Comments for Public Meeting: Health Analysis Consultants’ Findings.  

The public meeting will be held virtually on the following date and time:

Date:   Friday, April 10, 2026

Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm (Pacific Time)

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This meeting will be held using the Zoom platform and will be recorded. Presentation material will be available here before the workshop.

Tentative meeting agenda

The times listed are approximate; we will aim to stay on time but will make adjustments to accommodate discussions and technical issues.