A public entity may sue and be sued.
Cal. Gov. Code § 945
Actions Against Public Entities
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Moor v. County of Alameda (1973)
Most recently applied in Estate of Mendez v. City of Ceres (June 2019)
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.