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Cal. Civil Code § 3494 (2026)
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A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1954–2022 · leading case: Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp., 272 F. Supp. 2d 1053 (C.D. Cal. 2003).
Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp., 272 F. Supp. 2d 1053 (C.D. Cal. 2003). “Cal. Civ.Code § 3494. In this ease, both Santa Clarita and Valencia have proffered evidence that they sampled their wells near the Whittaker-Bermite site for perchlorate at the request of the California Department of Health Services.”
Salazar v. Maradeaga, 10 Cal. App. Supp. 4th 1 (Cal. Ct. App. 1992). “Finally, we note that an ultimate safety valve exists if noncompliance with the zoning and building codes creates a hazardous condition, posing an immediate threat to health or safety; the department of building and safety can require the tenant to vacate under Los Angeles…”
People Ex Rel. Cooper v. Mitchell Bros.' Santa Ana Theater, 165 Cal. App. 3d 378 (Cal. Ct. App. 1985). “This argument ignores the fact that this action was a nuisance abatement action brought by the city attorney in the name of the People of the State of California.”
People v. Johnson, 277 P.2d 45 (Cal. Ct. App. 1954). “2d 926 ]; Civ. Code, § 3494; Gov. Code, § 26528; Board of Supervisors v.”
People v. City of Los Angeles, 325 P.2d 639 (Cal. Ct. App. 1958). “The defendant city of Los Angeles attacks each of these causes of action upon the theory that they are causes of action for damages not incidental to the action to abate the nuisance and that inasmuch as there is no allegation that any claim was filed against the city in…”
Torrance Redevelopment Agency v. Solvent Coating Co., 763 F. Supp. 1060 (C.D. Cal. 1991). “California Civil Code section 3494 provides that a “public nuisance may be abated by public body or officer authorized thereto by law.”
Perepletchikoff v. City of Los Angeles, 345 P.2d 261 (Cal. Ct. App. 1959). “On demand of the city’s health department the second story was vacated on February 17, 1958, all entrances thereto were barricaded and it has remained in that condition at all times since said date.”
People v. New Penn Mines, Inc., 212 Cal. App. 2d 667 (Cal. Ct. App. 1963). “(Civ. Code § 3494.) On various occasions in the past California courts have distinctly sanctioned the Attorney General’s maintenance of nuisance abatement actions aimed at stream pollution harmful to fish life.”
Lamont Storm Water Dist. v. Pavich, 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1733 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000). “” 2 Civil Code section 3494 states: “Action. A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or officer authorized thereto by law.”
Tri-Dam v. Frazier (E.D. Cal. 2022). “See Cal. Civ. Code § 3494 (“A public nuisance may be abated by any public body or 1 officer authorized thereto by law.”
Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians etc. v. Flynt (Cal. Ct. App. 2021). “(Civ. Code, § 3494; Code Civ. Proc., § 731.”
Jensen v. Cnty. of Sonoma CA1/1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). “Code, § 25845 [board of supervisors may establish procedures for the abatement of a nuisance].) In accordance with state law, the Sonoma County Code expressly grants hearing officers the power to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law in abatement proceedings, and if a…”
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