CA AB168

Removes requirement that environmental impact reports for public higher education long-range development plans must analyze environmental effects of changes in enrollment levels.

Establishes that enrollment or changes in enrollment by themselves do not constitute a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Authorizes courts to order preparation of new, supplemental, or subsequent environmental impact reports if campus population increases exceed projections in the most recent long-range development plan and cause significant environmental impacts.

Allows courts to enjoin campus population increases exceeding long-range development plan projections if a new environmental impact report is not certified within 18 months of the court's order.

Voids any existing injunctions or judgments suspending or affecting enrollment as of the bill's effective date and applies these provisions retroactively to enrollment decisions made before the effective date.

Appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund to the University of California Regents for implementation in fiscal year 2021-22.