Selby Realty Co. v. City of Buenaventura

In Selby Realty Co. v. City of Buenaventura (1973) 10 Cal.3d 110, the city and county adopted a general plan that proposed extending streets across the plaintiff's property. (Id.at p. 115.) The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the county, based on its adoption of the plan. (Id. at p. 116.) The California Supreme court held that "the plan is subject to alteration, modification or ultimate abandonment, so that there is no assurance that any public use will eventually be made of plaintiff's property." (Id. at p. 120.) In so holding, the court explained that the plaintiff's claim against the county was unripe because the plan "is by its very nature merely tentative and subject to change. Whether eventually any part of plaintiff's land will be taken for a street depends upon unpredictable future events." (Id. at p. 118.)