CHAPTER 1. Enforcement Agency Action [45030. - 45032.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 1.

in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 45030. Section 45030.

(a) A party to a hearing held pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 44300) of Part 4 may appeal to the board to review the written decision of the hearing panel or hearing officer or to review the petitioner’s request in the instance of a failure of a hearing panel or hearing officer to render a decision or consider the request for review, or a determination by the governing body not to direct the hearing panel or hearing officer to hold a public hearing, under the following circumstances: (1) Within 10 days from the date of issuance of a written decision by a hearing panel or hearing officer. (2) If no decision is issued, within 45 days from the date a request for a hearing was received by the enforcement agency for which there was a failure of a hearing panel or hearing officer to render a decision or consider a petitioner’s request pursuant to Section 44310. (b) An appellant shall commence an appeal to the board by filing a written request for a hearing together with a brief summary statement of the legal and factual basis for the appeal. (c) Within five days from the date the board receives the request for a hearing, the board shall schedule a hearing on the appeal and notify the appellant and all other parties to the underlying proceeding of the date of the board hearing. (d) The board shall hear the appeal within 60 days from the date the board received the request for the appeal. (e) The board shall conduct the hearing on the appeal in accordance with the procedures specified in Article 10 (commencing with Section 11445.10) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of the Government Code.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 45031. Section 45031.

Within 30 days from the date that an appeal is filed with the board, the board may do any of the following: (a) Determine not to hear the appeal if the appellant fails to raise substantial issues. (b) Determine not to hear the appeal if the appellant failed to participate in the administrative hearing before the hearing panel, except that the board shall hear the appeal if the appellant shows good cause for the appellant’s failure to appear. (c) Determine to accept the appeal and to decide the matter on the basis of the record before the hearing panel, or based on written arguments submitted by the parties, or both. (d) Determine to accept the appeal and hold a hearing, within 60 days, unless all parties stipulate to extending the hearing date.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 45032. Section 45032.

(a) In the board’s hearing on the appeal, the evidence before the board shall consist of the record before the hearing panel or hearing officer, relevant facts as to any actions or inactions not subject to review by a hearing panel or hearing officer, the record before the local enforcement agency, written and oral arguments submitted by the parties, and any other relevant evidence that, in the judgment of the board, should be considered to effectuate and implement the policies of this division. (b) The board may only overturn an enforcement action, and any administrative civil penalty, by a local enforcement agency if it finds, based on substantial evidence, that the action was inconsistent with this division. If the board overturns the decision of the local enforcement agency, the hearing panel, or the hearing officer, or finds that the enforcement agency has failed to act as required, the board may do both of the following: (1) Direct that the appropriate action be taken by the local enforcement agency. (2) If the local enforcement agency fails to act by the date specified by the board, take the appropriate action itself.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026