Headlands Environmental

California environmental rules, by county

Every California county enforces its own environmental rules on top of state law. This directory summarizes the rules most likely to catch a project applicant off guard — county by county — and links through to each county's page.

58 California counties covered
75K projects filed for environmental review statewide

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Counties are listed by project-review activity — the counties with the most projects filed come first. Filter by name to jump to a specific county.

Los Angeles County 9,721,138 9.4K projects filed Kern County 900,000 6.1K projects filed San Diego County 3,298,799 4.4K projects filed Riverside County 2,458,395 3.6K projects filed Orange County 3,186,989 3.5K projects filed San Bernardino County 2,181,654 3.5K projects filed Sacramento County 1,585,055 3.3K projects filed Sonoma County 487,000 2.5K projects filed Placer County 433,822 2.0K projects filed Fresno County 1,000,000 2.0K projects filed Santa Clara County 1,936,259 1.7K projects filed Alameda County 1,682,353 1.7K projects filed Contra Costa County 1,165,927 1.6K projects filed San Joaquin County 780,000 1.5K projects filed Tulare County 470,000 1.5K projects filed San Luis Obispo County 282,424 1.4K projects filed Humboldt County 136,000 1.3K projects filed Mendocino County 90,000 1.3K projects filed San Mateo County 764,442 1.3K projects filed El Dorado County 195,000 1.2K projects filed Ventura County 843,843 1.1K projects filed Santa Cruz County 262,406 997 projects filed Santa Barbara County 448,229 947 projects filed Monterey County 435,000 906 projects filed Shasta County 180,000 906 projects filed Lake County 68,000 869 projects filed Marin County 260,000 818 projects filed Napa County 138,019 807 projects filed Solano County 453,491 803 projects filed Butte County 212,000 776 projects filed Stanislaus County 550,000 747 projects filed Siskiyou County 44,000 673 projects filed Yolo County 220,000 662 projects filed Trinity County 16,000 647 projects filed Nevada County 102,000 620 projects filed Merced County 280,000 579 projects filed Kings County 150,000 561 projects filed Mono County 14,000 557 projects filed Madera County 160,000 552 projects filed Imperial County 180,000 528 projects filed San Francisco County 827,526 457 projects filed Tuolumne County 55,000 443 projects filed Plumas County 19,000 398 projects filed Inyo County 19,000 369 projects filed Tehama County 65,000 369 projects filed Calaveras County 46,000 365 projects filed Yuba County 80,000 341 projects filed Sutter County 99,000 309 projects filed San Benito County 65,000 274 projects filed Amador County 40,000 265 projects filed Del Norte County 28,000 251 projects filed Lassen County 31,000 201 projects filed Modoc County 9,000 173 projects filed Colusa County 22,000 169 projects filed Mariposa County 17,000 158 projects filed Glenn County 29,000 133 projects filed Sierra County 3,200 120 projects filed Alpine County 1,200 88 projects filed

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Source: Headlands Environmental — environmental site screening for California. County rules summarized from publicly available county codes and planning documents; project review counts indexed from the State Clearinghouse.