Is it sufficient for a plaintiff to send a letter to the attorney of the school district attorney containing all of the information required under the Tort Claims Act?

Dilts contends that although a formal claim was not filed with the school district, the letters to the district's attorney contained substantially all of the information required under the Tort Claims Act. According to Dilts, no [189 Cal.App.3d 34] weight should be given to the fact that the information given to the district was not intended to comply with the statute. It is sufficient, Dilts argues, that the information contained in the correspondence enabled the district to investigate his claim and to settle it without litigation. Dilts cites as authority for this proposition Myers v. County of Orange (1970) 6 Cal.App.3d 626, 86 Cal.Rptr. 198 and Ridge v. Boulder Creek etc. School District (1943) 60 Cal.App.2d 453, 140 P.2d 990. ³