Cal. Codes » Government Code / TITLE 1. GENERAL / DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / CHAPTER 5. Medical, Hospital and Public Health Activities
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Cal. Government Code § 855.4 (2026)

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(a)Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury resulting from the decision to perform or not to perform any act to promote the public health of the community by preventing disease or controlling the communication of disease within the community if the decision whether the act was or was not to be performed was the result of the exercise of discretion vested in the public entity or the public employee, whether or not such discretion be abused.

(b)Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by an act or omission in carrying out with due care a decision described in subdivision (a).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Wright v. City of Los Angeles, 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9488 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001).
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Wright v. City of Los Angeles, 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9488 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001). “On September 28, 2000, the trial court sustained City’s demurrer as to the wrongful death cause of action with leave to amend on the grounds (1) the claim failed to allege a dangerous condition of public property, and (2) Government Code section 855.4 4 shielded City from…”
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