My question involves injury or loss that occurred in the state of: California.
I am not sure if this is the right forum for this inquiry. I apologize if it is not.
Between 1983 and 1987, my family and I lived on our property in a remote area where there was no electricity and no septic tank. The first year we lived in tents. The second year we built a house without a permit, that was not completed and had no electricity (except for a generator we later purchased), and was not insulated. These were miserable conditions. Sometimes in Summer the house would get over 100 degrees. Today, the county in which this occurred does not allow people to live on their property unless they have a septic tank, a well (we did not have a well on our property until the second or third year), and the house must have a permit. I am wondering if we have a case against the county for not enforcing these particular codes at that time, and for not even investigating our status of living. However I understand there might be a statute of limitation. Also, as a side note, while living out there, my sisters were sexually molested (a High School teacher suspected this but never reported it) by our step-father, and I was verbally abused by this man repeatedly. We were also neglected, and there were times that the three of us kids (minors), were left out there a week at a time. Our parents would come back on the weekends. But the county never investigated or enforced any codes or anything. Do we have a claim against them? Thank you.
By the way, recently via email, a deputy sheriff officer of that county admired to me that at that time (between 1983 and 1987), the county did not always enforce the law on these particular matters. Isn't that negligence?

