WHAT IS A STATUTORY EXEMPTION?

• Statutory exemptions describe types of projects which the California Legislature has decided are not subject to CEQA procedures and policies.
• Statutory exemptions are found in various places in the California Code.
• A comprehensive source of statutory exemptions is found in Article 18 of the CEQA Guidelines. Most of them are listed and summarized in Section 15282 of the Guidelines.

Statutory Exemptions Listed | Public Resources Code §§21080 - 21080.33

Statutory Exemptions | 14 California Code of Regulations §§15260 - 15282

SELECTED CASE LAW

• Castaic Lake Water Agency v. City of Santa Clarita(1995) 41 Cal.App.4th 1257
• Surfrider Foundation v. California Coastal Commission(1994) 26 Cal.App.4th 151
• People v. City of South Lake Tahoe(1978) 466 F.Supp 527