Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.700 · Chapter 1. Review of California Environmental Quality Act Involving Streamlined CEQA Projects
Definitions and application
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) A “streamlined CEQA project” means any project within the definitions stated in (2) through (8).
(2) An "environmental leadership development project" or "leadership project" means a project certified by the Governor under Public Resources Code sections 21182-21184.
(3) An “environmental leadership media campus project” means a project as defined in Public Resources Code section 21168.6.6.
(4) An "Oakland sports and mixed-use project" or "Oakland ballpark project" means a project as defined in Public Resources Code section 21168.6.7 and certified by the Governor under that section.
(5) An "Inglewood arena project" means a project as defined in Public Resources Code section 21168.6.8 and certified by the Governor under that section.
(6) An “Old Town Center transit and transportation facilities project” or “Old Town Center project” means a project as defined in Public Resources Code section 21189.70.
(7) An “environmental leadership transit project” means a project as defined in Public Resources Code section 21168.6.9.
(8) An "infrastructure project" means an "energy infrastructure project," a "semiconductor or microelectronic project," a "transportation-related project," or a "water-related project" as defined in Public Resources Code section 21189.81 and certified by the Governor under Public Resources Code sections 21189.82 and 21189.83
(b) Proceedings governed
The rules in this chapter govern appeals and writ proceedings in the Court of Appeal to review a superior court judgment or order in an action or proceeding brought to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the certification of the environmental impact report or the granting of any project approvals for a streamlined CEQA project.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
(Subd (a) amended effective July 1, 2025; previously amended effective January 1, 2017, March 11, 2022, January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023.)
(Subd (b) amended effective March 11, 2022; previously amended effective January 1, 2017.)
Rule 8.700 amended effective July 1, 2025; adopted effective July 1, 2014; previously amended effective January 1, 2017, March 11, 2022, January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/eight/rule8_700
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- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
This rule cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Public Resources Code
- Pub. Resources Code, § 21168.6Printed as Public Resources Code section 21168.6
- Pub. Resources Code, § 21189.70Printed as Public Resources Code section 21189.70
- Pub. Resources Code, § 21189.81Printed as Public Resources Code section 21189.81
- Pub. Resources Code, § 21189.82Printed as Public Resources Code sections 21189.82 and 21189.83
- Pub. Resources Code, § 21189.83Printed as Public Resources Code sections 21189.82 and 21189.83
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