2665 A public entity is not liable for failing to fulfill a mandatory duty unless the duty was created to protect persons in plaintiff's position against a risk like the one that led to harm; an ordinance requiring the City of Los Angeles to record notice of unstable soil conditions and to require stabilization as a condition of issuing permits was not designed to protect subsequent purchasers of the realty against harm resulting from landslides.CitationHAGGIS v CITY OF LA (Pacific Palisades Slide) 22 C4 490 [See: CCP 337.15; GovC 815, 818.6, 818.8; Haggis v City of LA (RevGrtd) 67 CA4 216, T/AT 11/98; Cochran v Herzog 155 CA3 405; Morris v County 18 C3 901; Stevenson v SFHA 24 CA4 269, T/AT 5/94; Harshbarger v City 197 CA3 1335]
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