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4765 REVIEW DENIED An injury on public property caused by the negligence of a third person does not make the public entity that controls the property liable for maintaining a dangerous condition unless some physical characteristic of the property increased the danger such negligence would occur; removal of a marked crosswalk does not make an intersection dangerous; Government Code section 830.8, which specifically immunizes a public entity from liability for accidents caused by failure to provide traffic controls or markings, prevents the entity from being liable for removing a marked crosswalk from an intersection; a public entity's failure to notify the public, as required by Vehicle Code section 21950.5, that it will be removing a marked crosswalk is not a proximate cause an accident that occurred at the intersection after removal of the crosswalk, because even if it had provided notice, it would have been free to remove the crosswalk.CitationSUN v CITY OF OAKLAND (Crosswalk Removal) 166 CA4 1177 [See: GovC 835, 830.8 830.4; VehC 21950.5; Bonanno v Central Contra Costa TA 30 C4 139, T/AT 5/03; Chowdhury v City of LA 38 CA4 1187, T/AT 11/95; Cerna v City of Oakland 161 CA4 1340, T/AT 5/08]
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