Supreme Court of California

The exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies provision in Pub. Resources Code section 21177(a), stating that a public agency's approval of a proposed project can be challenged in court only on grounds that were "presented to the public agency orally or in writing by any person during the public comment period . . . or prior to the close of the public hearing on the project before the issuance of the notice of determination," applies to a public agency's decision that a project is categorically exempt from environmental law requirements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/14/2012
• Published 06/14/2012

Judges

• KENNARD

Court

• Supreme Court of California

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