A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by adopting or failing to adopt an enactment or by failing to enforce any law.
Cal. Gov. Code § 818.2
Liability of Public Entities
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case 34 Cal. 3d 18 - Williams v. State of California (1983)
Most recently applied in 206 Cal. App. 4th 594 - San Diego City Firefighters v. Board of Administration of San Diego City Employees' Retirement System (May 2012)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.