Any project defined in subdivision (c) of Section 21065 undertaken, carried out or approved on or before the effective date of this section and the issuance by any public agency of any lease, permit, license, certificate or other entitlement for use executed or issued on or before the effective date of this section notwithstanding a failure to comply with this division, if otherwise legal and valid, is hereby confirmed, validated and declared legally effective. Any project undertaken by a person which was supported in whole or part through contracts with one or more public agencies on or before the effective date of this section, notwithstanding a failure to comply with this division, if otherwise legal and valid, is hereby confirmed, validated and declared legally effective.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 21169
Limitations
Known as the California Environmental Quality Act
The act spans §§ 21000–21189 (300 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 39 Cal. App. 3d 830 - People v. County of Kern (1974)
Most recently applied in 55 Cal. App. 4th 1522 - Keh v. Walters (June 1997)
Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1154.
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.