Underground Regulation Petitions Under Review

Listed below are the underground regulation petitions that are currently under review by OAL. This list also contains timeframes and deadlines associated with each underground regulations petition. Information on this list is updated approximately every two weeks so some recently submitted matters may not yet be shown.

Please Note: If a petition is incomplete, a petitioner has 60 days to complete the petition. In addition, there are applicable dates concerning publishing the petition in the Notice Register, the public comment period, timeframe for agency response and completion deadline for OAL’s determination for petitions that are accepted.

OAL File NumberSubjectAgencyPetitionerOutcome/
Disposition
Initial
Review
Date
Notice
Register
Publication
Public
Comments
Due
Agency's
Response
Due
Determination
Due
CTU2025-0707-01Allen v. DSH; Administrative Directive Number 830 - Security Department of State HospitalsDavid AllenAccept9/5/202509/19/202510/20/202511/03/202501/19/2026
CTU2025-0912-01 Stubbs v. DOJ; DOJ CFARS COE Cheat SheetsDepartment of JusticeMicah StubbsAccept11/12/202511/28/202512/29/202501/12/202603/30/2026
CTU2025-1112-01Rivera v. DPH; Independent StudyDepartment of Public HealthMaria RiveraIncomplete1/23/2026
CTU2025-1218-01Coalition for Responsible Drinking Water Regulation v. SWRCB; General Order DW 2025-0002-DDWState Water Resources Control BoardCoalition for Responsible Drinking Water RegulationUnder Review2/17/2026
CTU2025-1218-02Sweet v. CDCR; Memorandum dated January 2, 2024; Prevention From Opposite Gender Viewing for Perforated Steel Cell Doors California Institution For Men Facility BravoDepartment of Corrections and RehabilitationKourtney Michelle Ussery-SweetUnder Review2/17/2026
CTU2025-1222-01Million v. BPH; Mentally Disordered Offender Evaluator Handbook for Penal Code Section 2962 (d)(1)Board of Parole HearingsCharlie Lee MillionUnder Review2/20/2026