Streamlined CEQA: joint CMC statement at least 3 court days before CMC
3 court days before date of the case management conference, under Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2226(d).
Rule text
(d) Joint case management conference statements At least three court days before the case management conference, petitioner and all parties that have been served with the petition must serve and file a joint case management conference statement that addresses the issues identified in (c) and any other pertinent issues.
Calculate this deadline
- Trigger (Date of the case management conference): Friday, November 6, 2026.
- Count back 3 court days (Saturdays, Sundays, and court holidays are not counted): Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2226(d)
(d) Joint case management conference statements At least three court days before the case management conference, petitioner and all parties that have been served with the petition must serve and file a joint case management conference statement that addresses the issues identified in (c) and any other pertinent issues.Official source
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b; Cal. Gov. Code 6800, 6707 (state agency filings); Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a) (federal statutes and federal court filings)
CCP 12: "The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded." CCP 12a(a): "If the last day for the performance of any act provided or required by law to be performed within a specified period of time is a holiday, then that period is hereby extended to and including the next day that is not a holiday. For purposes of this section, “holiday” means all day on Saturdays, all holidays specified in Section 135 and, to the extent provided in Section 12b, all days that by terms of Section 12b are required to be considered as holidays." Gov. Code 6707: "When the last day for filing any instrument or other document with a state agency falls upon a Saturday or holiday, such act may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed." FRCP 6(a): "The following rules apply in computing any time period specified in these rules, in any local rule or court order, or in any statute that does not specify a method of computing time. (1) ... (A) exclude the day of the event that triggers the period; (B) count every day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays; and (C) include the last day of the period, but if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday."Official source
- Streamlined CEQA project (CRC 3.2220: environmental leadership development project (PRC 21178-21189.3, repealed Jan. 1, 2034), media campus (21168.6.6), Oakland ballpark (21168.6.7), Inglewood arena (21168.6.8), leadership transit (21168.6.9), Old Town Center (21189.70), infrastructure projects (21189.80-21189.91)). Addressing settlement and issues in the CMC statement satisfies PRC 21167.8 (rule 3.2230).
- If the clerk's office is closed or inaccessible on the last day (weather, emergency or local closure orders), the deadline may be extended. Check local orders.
This calculator applies the cited rules to the dates you enter. It is not legal advice. Court orders, local rules, and case-specific facts can change a deadline; verify before relying on it. Rule set pending attorney review.
Worked example
Date of the case management conference on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Wednesday, March 10, 2027.
- Trigger (Date of the case management conference): Monday, March 15, 2027.
- Count back 3 court days (Saturdays, Sundays, and court holidays are not counted): Wednesday, March 10, 2027.
Notes
Streamlined CEQA project (CRC 3.2220: environmental leadership development project (PRC 21178-21189.3, repealed Jan. 1, 2034), media campus (21168.6.6), Oakland ballpark (21168.6.7), Inglewood arena (21168.6.8), leadership transit (21168.6.9), Old Town Center (21189.70), infrastructure projects (21189.80-21189.91)). Addressing settlement and issues in the CMC statement satisfies PRC 21167.8 (rule 3.2230).
Related deadlines
- Streamlined CEQA: personally serve petition on respondent agency, real parties and Attorney General within 3 court days after filing (else petitioner's briefing time shrinks) (3 court days after)
- Streamlined CEQA: answer, demurrer/motion to dismiss, venue motion or motion to intervene within 10 days after service of petition (10 days after)
- Streamlined CEQA: opposition to motion challenging sufficiency of petition or to change venue within 10 days after motion served (10 days after)
- Streamlined CEQA: lead agency lodges certified administrative record and serves notice within 10 days after petition served (10 days after)
- Streamlined CEQA: opposition to motion to augment or change the record within 10 days after motion filed (10 days after)
- Streamlined CEQA: court holds initial case management conference within 30 days of filing (30 days after)
- Streamlined CEQA: petitioner gives notice of CMC within 1 court day of receiving court's notice (or at service of petition, if later) (1 court day after)
- Streamlined CEQA: petitioner's opening brief within 25 days after CMC (25 days after)
Rules current as of 2026-10-27. Confirm against the official source and any local rule or court order before relying on a date. Rules changelog.