“Local public entity” includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the State, but does not include the State.
Cal. Gov. Code § 900.4
Definitions
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 39 Cal. 4th 1164 - Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation (2006)
Most recently applied in 39 Cal. 4th 1164 - Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation (August 2006)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.
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.