California's Summer Blockbuster, Continued!: CEQA Administrative Record Requirements Revised

This Is the Fourth Installment in a Series That Unpacks Key Reforms Established by AB 130 and SB 131

Highlights

• Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes reforms to litigation procedure under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) intended to relieve the burden on CEQA litigants when preparing the CEQA administrative record and speed up the litigation process.
• Under SB 131, the CEQA administrative record need only contain internal agency communications, such as emails, that were presented to the final decision-making body for the project or reviewed by certain high-ranking executives and officials. Note that this limitation does not apply to oil and gas infrastructure or distribution center projects.