California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Spring Valley Lake Ass'n v. City of Victorville, 203 Cal.Rptr.3d 297, 248 Cal.App.4th 91 (Cal. App. 2016):
2 All references to Guidelines are to the CEQA Guidelines, which are located in title 14 of the California Code of Regulations beginning at section 15000. In interpreting CEQA, we accord the Guidelines great weight except where they are clearly unauthorized or erroneous. (Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th 439, 448, fn. 4, 160 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 304 P.3d 499.)
2 All references to Guidelines are to the CEQA Guidelines, which are located in title 14 of the California Code of Regulations beginning at section 15000. In interpreting CEQA, we accord the Guidelines great weight except where they are clearly unauthorized or erroneous. (Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th 439, 448, fn. 4, 160 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 304 P.3d 499.)
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