Streamlined CEQA: lead agency lodges certified administrative record and serves notice within 10 days after petition served

10 days after date the petition was served on the lead agency, under Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2225(a); Cal. Pub. Res. Code 21168.6.6, 21168.6.7.

Rule text

Within 10 days after the petition is served on the lead public agency, that agency must lodge the certified final administrative record in electronic form with the court and serve notice on petitioner and real party in interest that the record has been lodged with the court. Within that same time, the agency must serve a copy of the administrative record in electronic form on any petitioner and real party in interest who has not already been provided a copy.

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2225(a); Cal. Pub. Res. Code 21168.6.6, 21168.6.7, official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Monday, November 16, 2026
  1. Trigger (Date the petition was served on the lead agency): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 10 calendar days: Monday, November 16, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2225(a); Cal. Pub. Res. Code 21168.6.6, 21168.6.7
Within 10 days after the petition is served on the lead public agency, that agency must lodge the certified final administrative record in electronic form with the court and serve notice on petitioner and real party in interest that the record has been lodged with the court. Within that same time, the agency must serve a copy of the administrative record in electronic form on any petitioner and real party in interest who has not already been provided a copy.
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)). Statutes for specific projects say the same (e.g., 21168.6.6 and 21168.6.7: 'Within 10 calendar days after being served with a complaint or a petition for a writ of mandate, the lead agency shall lodge a copy of the certified record of proceedings').
  • 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.

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Worked example

Date the petition was served on the lead agency on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Thursday, March 25, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date the petition was served on the lead agency): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 10 calendar days: Thursday, March 25, 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)). Statutes for specific projects say the same (e.g., 21168.6.6 and 21168.6.7: 'Within 10 calendar days after being served with a complaint or a petition for a writ of mandate, the lead agency shall lodge a copy of the certified record of proceedings').

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