Description: As mandated by the Legislature, the Judicial Council previously adopted rules and established procedures that implemented a statutory scheme for the expedited resolution of actions and proceedings brought under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) challenging certain projects that qualified for such streamlined procedures. This proposal will implement additional legislation requiring that the Judicial Council amend these rules to include additional projects for streamlined review. The proposal will also implement new and reenacted statutory provisions requiring that, in cases under two of the statutes, the council, by rule of court, establish fees to be paid by those project applicants to the trial court and Court of Appeal for the costs of streamlined CEQA review.

Category: Appellate

Item Number: SPR22-01

Deadline: May 13, 2022

File: spr22-01.pdf