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Their report says it will cost the state's economy $180 billion a year and more than 1 million jobs when fully implemented in 2020.
The professors say the California Air Resources Board, which will oversee the law, is underestimating costs and overestimating benefits.
A lawmaker who helped write the legislation says the board will do an in-depth cost analysis, but the equation has to include the cost of doing nothing.
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