Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

If the flow of water from the street is such to come onto your property, the public entity that owns the street may in fact be liable. Before the street was constructed, the flow of water probably was much different; construction of the street resulted in more water landing on and flowing onto the street surface and concentrated the flow to a narrower location, namely your property. The street should be pitched away from your property and berms should be along the edge of the downhill properties so that the water is directed to a storm drain. As an attorney for the City of Oakland I had to defend unsuccessfully several of theses types of cases. Immediately contacted the public entity owning the street and try to get them to do something before they are sued.