AMENDMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA RULES OF COURT Adopted by the Judicial Council on January 21, 2022, effective January 21, 2022 Title 3. Civil ....................................................................................................................... 2 1 Division 7. Civil Case Management .............................................................................. 2 2

Chapter 3. Case Management ........................................................................................ 2 3 Rule 3.722. Case management conference ................................................................ 2 4 Division 11. Law and Motion ......................................................................................... 2 5

Chapter 4. Ex Parte Applications ................................................................................... 2 6 Rule 3.1207. Appearance requirements ..................................................................... 2 7 Division 22. Petitions Under the California Environmental Quality Act ...................... 3 8

Chapter 2. California Environmental Quality Act Proceedings Under Public Resources 9 Code Sections 21168.6, 21178–21189.3, and 21189.50–21189.57 ................................ 3 10 Rule 3.2226. Initial case management conference ..................................................... 3 11 Appendix I .......................................................................................................................... 3 12 Emergency rule 6. Emergency orders: juvenile dependency proceedings ................ 3 13 Emergency rule 7. Emergency orders: juvenile delinquency proceedings ................ 4 14 15 16

2 Title 3. Civil 1 2 Division 7. Civil Case Management 3 4

Chapter 3. Case Management 5 6 Rule 3.722. Case management conference 7 8 (a)–(b) * * * 9 10 (

c) Preparation for the conference 11 12 At the conference, counsel for each party and each self-represented party must 13 appear by telephone or personally in person or remotely as provided in rule 3.670 14 3.672; must be familiar with the case; and must be prepared to discuss and commit 15 to the party’s position on the issues listed in rules 3.724 and 3.727. 16 17 (Subd (

c) amended effective January 21, 2022; previously amended effective January 1, 2008.) 18 19 (d)–(e) * * * 20 21 Rule 3.722 amended effective January 21, 2022; adopted effective January 1, 2007; previously 22 amended effective January 1, 2008. 23 24 25 Division 11. Law and Motion 26 27

Chapter 4. Ex Parte Applications 28 29 Rule 3.1207. Appearance requirements 30 31 An applicant for an ex parte order must appear, either in person or by telephone remotely 32 under rule 3.670 3.672, except in the following cases: 33 34

(1) Applications to file a memorandum in excess of the applicable page limit; 35 36

(2) Applications for extensions of time to serve pleadings; 37 38

(3) Setting of hearing dates on alternative writs and orders to show cause; and 39 40

(4) Stipulations by the parties for an order. 41 42

2 Rule 3.1207 amended effective January 21, 2022; adopted effective January 1, 2007; previously 1 amended effective January 1, 2008, and January 1, 2014. 2 3 4 Division 22. Petitions Under the California Environmental Quality Act 5 6

Chapter 2. California Environmental Quality Act Proceedings Under Public 7 Resources Code Sections 21168.6, 21178–21189.3, and 21189.50–21189.57 8 9 Rule 3.2226. Initial case management conference 10 11 (a)–(d) * * * 12 13 (

e) Preparation for the conference 14 15 At the conference, lead counsel for each party and each self-represented party must 16 appear by telephone or personally in person or remotely, must be familiar with the 17 case, and must be prepared to discuss and commit to the party’s position on the 18 issues listed in (c). 19 20 (Subd (

e) amended effective January 21, 2022.) 21 22 Rule 3.2226 amended effective January 21, 2022; adopted July 1, 2014. 23 24 25 Appendix I 26 Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19 27 28 Emergency rule 6. Emergency orders: juvenile dependency proceedings 29 30 (a)–(b) *** 31 32 (

c) Foster care hearings and continuances during the state of emergency 33 34

(1) A court may hold any proceeding under this rule via remote technology 35 consistent with rule 5.531 and emergency rule 3 Code of Civil Procedure 36

section 367.75 and rule 3.672. 37 38 (2)–(7) *** 39 40 (Subd (

c) amended effective January 21, 2022.) 41 42

2 (d) *** 1 2 Emergency Rule 6 amended effective January 21, 2022. 3 4 5 Emergency rule 7. Emergency orders: juvenile delinquency proceedings 6 7 (a)–(b) *** 8 9 (

c) Proceedings with remote appearances during the state of emergency. 10 11

(1) A court may hold any proceeding under this rule via remote technology 12 consistent with rule 5.531 and emergency rule 3 Code of Civil Procedure 13

section 367.75 and rule 3.672. 14 15 (2)–(4) *** 16 17 (Subd (

c) amended effective January 21, 2022,) 18 19 (d)–(f) *** 20 21 Emergency Rule 7 amended effective January 21, 2022. 22 23 Appendix I amended effective January 21, 2022; adopted effective April 6, 2020; previously 24 amended effective April 17, 2020, April 20, 2020, June 20, 2020, August 13, 2020, November 13, 25 2020, and January 1, 2022. 26