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San Bernardino County Superior Court — CEQA Regions

High confidence· verified October 7, 2026Divisional InstructionsCEQA Regions, Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino; posted on the court's website at https://sanbernardino.courts.ca.gov/system/files/civil/ceqaregions.pdf, fetched 2026-10-03.

Summary

The assignment of CEQA cases by region (1/14/26): the San Bernardino Region (Judge Joseph T Ortiz, Department S17), the Desert Region (Judge Jeffrey R. Erickson, Department V11) and the Western Region (Judge Kory Mathewson, Department R12), each with the cities and unincorporated areas it covers.

Applies to

California > Fourth Appellate District > San Bernardino County > Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino

Requirement

CEQA Regions Judge Joseph T Ortiz Department: S17 San Bernardino Region: Unincorporated areas of Angelus Oaks; Arrowbear; Baldwin Lake; Barton Flats; Big Bear City; Big Bear Lake; Blue Jay; Bryn Mawr; Cedar Glen; Cedarpines Park; Colton; Crest Park; Crestforest; Crestline; Devore; Erwin Lake; Fawnskin; Forrest Falls; Grand Terrace; Green Valley Lake; Highland; Lake Arrowhead; Lake Gregory; areas of Lake Silverwood; Lake Williams; Loma Linda; Mentone; Moonridge; Patton; Redlands; Rimforrest; Running Springs; San Bernardino; Sky Forrest; Snow Valley; North of Snow Valley on 330; Sugarloaf; Twin Peaks; Valley of Enchantment; Yucaipa Judge Jeffrey R. Erickson Department: V11 Desert Region: Adelanto; Amboy; Apple Valley; Baker; Barstow; Big River; Calico; Cima; Daggett; Earp; El Mirage; Essex; Ft. Irwin; Goffs; Havasu Landing; Helendale; Hesperia; Hinkley; Johnson Valley; Joshua Tree; Kelso; Landers; Lenwood; Lucerne Valley; Ludlow; unincorporated areas of Morongo Valley; Mt. High; Mountain Pass; Needles; Newberry Springs; Nipton; Oak Hills; Oro Grande; Parker Dam; Phelan; Pinon Hills; Pioneertown; Red Mountain; San Bernardino County portion of Ridgecrest; Silver Lakes; Spring Valley Lake; Snowline; Trona; Twentynine Palms; Victorville; Vidal Junctions; incidents north of Wildwash Road on I-15 to state line; Wrightwood; unincorporated areas of Yermo; Yucca Valley; west of Kelbaker Road on I-40; and everything east of Kelbaker Road and South of Nipton on I-40. Judge Kory Mathewson Department: R12 Western Region: Fontana; Rialto; Crestmore; Bloomington; unincorporated areas of Lytle Creek; Alta Loma; Chino; Chino Hills; Etiwanda; Guasti; Montclair; Ontario; Rancho Cucamonga; Upland; parts of Pomona; and unincorporated areas of Mt. Baldy 1/14/26

Source of truth

CEQA Regions Judge Joseph T Ortiz Department: S17 San Bernardino Region: Unincorporated areas of Angelus Oaks; Arrowbear; Baldwin Lake; Barton Flats; Big Bear City; Big Bear Lake; Blue Jay; Bryn Mawr; Cedar Glen; Cedarpines Park; Colton; Crest Park; Crestforest; Crestline; Devore; Erwin Lake; Fawnskin; Forrest Falls; Grand Terrace; Green Valley Lake; Highland; Lake Arrowhead; Lake Gregory; areas o

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 7, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-san-bernardino-2026-10-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-07 (California T4 San Bernardino build 2026-10-07) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-san-bernardino/docs/civil/ceqaregions.pdf (135225 bytes, sha256 2c7f28b9ba9c6c75e952bc9035009fd16780e2121f232764562a7d7a11260337; 1 page) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): ruled tables read cell by cell; the capitals letterhead line set apart from the title; 6 whitespace-only fixes read on the page. Review note: The assignment (1/14/26) places Judge Jeffrey R. Erickson in Department V11; the court's Schedule of Assignments (effective October 1, 2026) seats him in Department V12 and Commissioner Malalai Farooqi in V11. A review task asks the court to confirm the Desert Region's department.