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Cal. Public Resources Code § 21168 (2026)

Limitations — Environmental Quality

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Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or decision of a public agency, made as a result of a proceeding in which by law a hearing is required to be given, evidence is required to be taken and discretion in the determination of facts is vested in a public agency, on the grounds of noncompliance with the provisions of this division shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

In any such action, the court shall not exercise its independent judgment on the evidence but shall only determine whether the act or decision is supported by substantial evidence in the light of the whole record.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases, 1975–2017 · leading case: Citizens Ass'n for Sensible Dev. of Bishop Area v. Cnty. of Inyo, 172 Cal. App. 3d 151 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985).
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Citizens Ass'n for Sensible Dev. of Bishop Area v. Cnty. of Inyo, 172 Cal. App. 3d 151 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “Resolution of the one pertinent issue not raised before the administrative body, whether Caltrans was a responsible agency and thus whether copies of any or all of the negative declarations were required to be forwarded to the Commerce Clearinghouse pursuant to California…”
Sacramento Old City Ass'n v. City Council of Sacramento, 229 Cal. App. 3d 1011 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “) *1019 Two CEQA provisions, Public Resources Code sections 21168 and 21168.”
W. States Petroleum Assn. v. Superior Court, 888 P.2d 1268 (Cal. 1995). “) *568 If some type of hearing was required by law, they argue, Public Resources Code section 21168 applies and, according to the plain language of that provision, administrative mandamus under Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.”
Gray v. Cnty. of Madera, 39 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20267 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). “STANDARD OF REVIEW Public Resources Code sections 21168 and 21168.”
Lincoln Place Tenants Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles, 31 Cal. Rptr. 3d 353 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005). “) 11 Public Resources Code sections 21168, 21168.”
San Bernardino Valley Audubon Soc'y, Inc. v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, 155 Cal. App. 3d 738 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984). “Further, with respect to Audubon’s attack on the adequacy of the EIR and the Board’s Public Resources Code section 21081 findings, Public Resources Code section 21168 expressly directs the court to determine only whether the decision is supported by substantial evidence.”
Rural Landowners Assn. v. City Council, 143 Cal. App. 3d 1013 (Cal. Ct. App. 1983). “) 5 Public Resources Code section 21168 provides: “Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a deterfnination, finding, or decision of a public agency, made as a result of a proceeding in which by law a hearing is required to be given, evidence is…”
Residents Ad Hoc Stadium Comm. v. Bd. of Trs., 89 Cal. App. 3d 274 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979). “Public Resources Code section 21168 states: “Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a determination, finding, or decision of a public agency, made as a result of a proceeding in which by law a hearing is required to be given, evidence is required to…”
Wollmer v. City of Berkeley, 179 Cal. App. 4th 933 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009). “) 7 Public Resources Code section 21168 provides: “Any action or proceeding to .”
Lucas Valley Homeowners Assn. v. Cnty. of Marin, 233 Cal. App. 3d 130 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991). “) 5 Public Resources Code section 21168 provides; “Any action or proceeding to .”
Corona-Norco Unified Sch. Dist. v. City of Corona, 17 Cal. App. 4th 985 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). “Public Resources Code section 21168 provides, “Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a determination, finding, or decision of a public agency, made as a result of a proceeding in which by law a hearing is required to be given, evidence is required…”
Miller v. City of Hermosa Beach, 13 Cal. App. 4th 1118 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). “Thus, Public Resources Code section 21168 is inapplicable.”
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