Legal Opinion
Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley
California Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 2015No. S201116PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHIN, J.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.)1 establishes a comprehensive scheme to provide long-term protection to the environment. It prescribes review procedures a public agency must follow before approving or carrying out certain projects. For policy reasons, the Legislature has expressly exempted several categories of projects from review under CEQA. (See § 21080, subd. (b)(1) — (15).) By statute, the Legislature has also directed the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency (Secretary) to establish “a list of classes of projects…
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