CEQA resources for practitioners
Practical guides for finding, checking, and documenting the public records behind a CEQA Initial Study.
- What public sources should you check before drafting a CEQA Initial Study? Choose starting sources across Appendix G topics, pair them with local records, and keep a reusable research record.
- How to check California's Cortese List for a property Identify the statutory source categories and compare each returned record with the property before documenting the evidence.
- How should you document a Cortese List screen in an Initial Study? Preserve each statutory category, search method, dated result, and unresolved question in a source-specific evidence record.
- California fire hazard severity zones: 2024 SRA maps and 2025 LRA recommendations Separate effective state maps, state recommendations, and locally adopted designations.
- Public sources for CEQA hazards and wildfire review Distinguish the source records and project facts required by Appendix G Hazards IX(d) and Wildfire XX.
- SB 131 and SB 158: current CEQA rules for housing Map the current housing provisions to the facts and cross-references a practitioner should preserve.
- How to find useful CEQA mitigation measure examples Use three adopted records to confirm adoption, compare context, and test implementation.