Expressive-conduct permit writ: hearing set no later than 25 calendar days after the petition is filed

25 days after date the 1094.8 petition was filed, under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1094.8(d)(4).

Rule text

CCP 1094.8(d): "(1) Within five court days after receipt of written notification from a permit applicant that the permit applicant will seek judicial review of a public agency’s action on the permit, the public agency shall prepare, certify, and make available the administrative record to the permit applicant. ... (3) The party bringing the action pursuant to this section shall file and serve the petition on the respondent no later than 21 calendar days following the public agency’s final decision on the permit. ... (4) The clerk of the court shall set a hearing for review of the petition no later than 25 calendar days from the date the petition is filed. Moving, opposition, and reply papers shall be filed as provided in the California Rules of Court. The petitioner shall lodge the administrative record with the court no later than 10 calendar days in advance of the hearing date."

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1094.8(d)(4), official source

Calculate this deadline

Deadline
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
  1. Trigger (Date the 1094.8 petition was filed): Friday, November 6, 2026.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 25 calendar days: Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
Rules applied
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 1094.8(d)(4)
CCP 1094.8(d): "(1) Within five court days after receipt of written notification from a permit applicant that the permit applicant will seek judicial review of a public agency’s action on the permit, the public agency shall prepare, certify, and make available the administrative record to the permit applicant. ... (3) The party bringing the action pursuant to this section shall file and serve the petition on the respondent no later than 21 calendar days following the public agency’s final decision on the permit. ... (4) The clerk of the court shall set a hearing for review of the petition no later than 25 calendar days from the date the petition is filed. Moving, opposition, and reply papers shall be filed as provided in the California Rules of Court. The petitioner shall lodge the administrative record with the court no later than 10 calendar days in advance of the hearing date."
Official source
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10
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." CCP 12b: "If any city, county, state, or public office, other than a branch office, is closed for the whole of any day, insofar as the business of that office is concerned, that day shall be considered as a holiday for the purposes of computing time under Sections 12 and 12a." CCP 10: "Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and any other days that are specified or provided for as judicial holidays in Section 135."
Official source
  • Moving, opposition and reply papers follow the Rules of Court.
  • 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 1094.8 petition was filed on Monday, March 15, 2027, personal service: due Thursday, April 8, 2027.

  1. Trigger (Date the 1094.8 petition was filed): Monday, March 15, 2027.
  2. Exclude the trigger day and count 25 calendar days: Friday, April 9, 2027.
  3. That day is a Farmworkers Day (courts closed per Judicial Council 2027 schedule), so the deadline moves to the next court day: Thursday, April 8, 2027 (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. 12, 12a, 12b, 10; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 1.10).

Unsettled points

  • These are court-set dates; the calculator shows the last court day inside each statutory window, the date a court is most likely to use, and labels it court-set.Other reading: If CCP 12a extends these windows, a weekend or holiday last day rolls forward and the hearing may be one to three days later.

Notes

Moving, opposition and reply papers follow the Rules of Court.

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Rules current as of 2026-10-25. Confirm against the official source and any local rule or court order before relying on a date. Rules changelog.