Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by a natural condition of any unimproved public property, including but not limited to any natural condition of any lake, stream, bay, river or beach.
Cal. Gov. Code § 831.2
General
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case 34 Cal. 3d 829 - Milligan v. City of Laguna Beach (1983)
Most recently applied in Citizens for Odor Nuisance Abatement v. City of San Diego (February 2017)
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.