“Emergency” means a sudden, unexpected occurrence, involving a clear and imminent danger, demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss of, or damage to, life, health, property, or essential public services. “Emergency” includes such occurrences as fire, flood, earthquake, or other soil or geologic movements, as well as such occurrences as riot, accident, or sabotage.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 21060.3
Definitions
Known as the California Environmental Quality Act
The act spans §§ 21000–21189 (300 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 119 Cal. App. 4th 1241 - Marshall v. Pasadena Unified School District (2004)
Most recently applied in 527 F. Supp. 2d 1216 - Natural Resources Defense Council v. Winter (February 2008)
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1312.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.