Where a public entity is under a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect against the risk of a particular kind of injury, the public entity is liable for an injury of that kind proximately caused by its failure to discharge the duty unless the public entity establishes that it exercised reasonable diligence to discharge the duty.
Cal. Gov. Code § 815.6
Liability of Public Entities
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 74 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. 4th 962 - Aubry v. Tri-City Hospital District (1992)
Most recently applied in Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Dep't of Conservation (August 2018)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.