CEQA resources for California practitioners

These five guides help California CEQA practitioners find the right public record, preserve the source fact, and keep the project-specific decision with the lead agency and project record.

Choose the question in front of you

How to check California's Cortese List for a property explains which statutory source categories to check, what to retain, and why a database result is not a project conclusion.
California fire hazard severity zones: 2024 SRA maps and 2025 LRA recommendations separates effective state maps, state recommendations, and locally adopted designations.
Public sources for CEQA hazards and wildfire review shows why Appendix G Hazards IX(d) and Wildfire XX need different source records and project facts.
SB 131 and SB 158: current CEQA rules for housing maps the current housing provisions to the facts and cross-references a practitioner should preserve.
How to find useful CEQA mitigation measure examples uses three adopted records to show how to confirm adoption, compare context, and test implementation.

Use the glossary when a term blocks the next step

The CEQA glossary defines 15 terms used in these guides, including environmental-document types, Cortese List sources, and wildfire-map classifications. Each term page explains its practical role, what it does not establish, and where to read the primary source.

Published 2026-09-10 · Last materially reviewed 2026-09-10