What are the consequences of high crime rates in high crime areas?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Benetatos v. City of L.A., 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 46, 235 Cal.App.4th 1270 (Cal. App. 2015):

Plaintiffs assert that they should not be responsible legally for the problems that occur in a high crime area. But there was substantial evidence that plaintiffs failed to take steps to ameliorate the situation. As stated in O'Hagen v. Board of Zoning Adjustment (1971) 19 Cal.App.3d 151, 163 footnote 7, 96 Cal.Rptr. 484, It is recognized that a business which, when established was entirely unobjectionable, may, under changed circumstances, become a nuisance. [Citations.] Accordingly, a business which is not per se a

[235 Cal.App.4th 1285]

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