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Cal. Government Code § 970.8 (2026)

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(a)Each local public entity shall in each fiscal year include in its budget a provision to provide funds in an amount sufficient to pay all judgments in accordance with this article.

(b)If all or any portion of the revenue used for the maintenance and operation of a local public entity (other than an entity created by an agreement described in Section 895) liable for a judgment is derived from appropriations of another local public entity, such other local public entity shall in each fiscal year appropriate funds equal to its pro rata share of an amount sufficient to permit the local public entity liable for the judgment to pay the judgment in accordance with this article. Such amount shall be paid to the local public entity liable for the judgment and shall be used by such entity to satisfy the judgment. The pro rata share of such other local public entity for each judgment is an amount bearing the same proportion to the total amount of the judgment as the revenue derived from such other local public entity for maintenance and operation during the fiscal year in which the cause of action on such judgment accrued bears to the total revenues used for maintenance and operation during such fiscal year of the local public entity liable for the judgment. For this purpose, such other local public entity shall include in its budget a provision to provide funds sufficient in amount to make the appropriation and payment required by this section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · leading case: Ventura Grp. Ventures, Inc. v. Ventura Port Dist., 16 P.3d 717 (Cal. 2001).

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Ventura Grp. Ventures, Inc. v. Ventura Port Dist., 16 P.3d 717 (Cal. 2001). · cites it 3× “” Government Code section 970.8, subdivision (a) provides that a district shall include in its budget each fiscal year sufficient funds to pay all judgments rendered against it.”

Venegas v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 87 P.3d 1 (Cal. 2004). “4 Such a judgment would thus be a liability of the County, which establishes the budget of the sheriff’s department and must include therein the funds to pay judgments.”

Galli v. State of California, 98 Cal. App. 3d 662 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979). “(Gov. Code, §§ 970.8, 975.2 et seq.) *677 The legislative intent that local public entities pay their own judgments in tort and inverse condemnation was further evidenced in the 1975 amendments to chapter 2, part 5, of division 3.”

F & L FARM CO. v. City Council, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6142 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “” Government Code section 970.8, subdivision (a) establishes the city’s first step in discharging this fundamental duty; it provides: “Each local public entity shall in each fiscal' year include in its budget a provision to provide funds in an amount sufficient to pay all…”

City of Fresno v. Pinedale Cnty. Water Dist. CA5 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “installment plan without moving for court approval ignored the budgeting requirement of Government Code section 970.8, subdivision (a).”

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