Castro v. City of Thousand Oaks

Opinion

YEGAN, J.

In an action for dangerous condition of public property, approval of an actual plan or design is required to establish the affirmative defense of government design immunity. (Gov. Code, § 830.6.) “[T]he public entity is immune from liability if placement of the object [here, a pedestrian signal beacon] was part of a plan or design for which the entity reasonably gave its discretionary approval. [Citations.]” (Cordova v. City of Los Angeles (2015) 61 Cal.4th 1099, 1111 [190 Cal.Rptr.3d 850, 353 P.3d 773].) “Addons,” which are not part of the approved plan or design and which…