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Fresno Planning Commission workshop reviews legal 'substantial evidence' standard for land‑use findings
Summary
Commissioners attended a training-style workshop explaining the CEQA 'substantial evidence' standard, what counts as evidence in the administrative record and best practices for drafting findings and avoiding ex parte or unsupported reasoning.
The Fresno Planning Commission received a workshop on the legal standard of 'substantial evidence' that planners and courts use to evaluate land-use findings and environmental conclusions.
Israel Trejo of the Planning and Development Department introduced the session, saying the goal was to help commissioners make defensible decisions that would survive judicial review. Trejo summarized CEQA guidance that substantial evidence requires facts, expert opinion supported by…
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