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Have you looked at the Streets and Highways code Steve?

1806. (a) No city shall be held liable for failure to maintain any
road until it has been accepted into the city street system in
accordance with subdivision (b) or (c).
(b) Except as provided by Section 989, or by Section 57329 or
57385 of the Government Code, no public or private street or road
shall become a city street or road until the governing body, by
resolution, has caused the street or road to be accepted into the
city street system.
(c) In lieu of the procedure set forth in subdivision (b), the
governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate a city officer
to accept, on behalf of the governing body, streets and roads or
portions thereof, into the city street system and to record
conveyances to the city of real property interests for street and
road uses and purposes. The designee shall, prior to recording any
conveyance under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument
stating the acceptance into the city street system and designating
the name or number, or both, of the city street or road.

Steve

This sounds like the LAWA Parcel Map in the Antelope Valley. I will be in the office Monday morning if you want to give me a call to discuss more in detail. I will look at my related reference files when I get in the office. I recall discussions with County Counsel on what our responsibilities were for dedicated and accepted road easements that were not improved and not accepted into the County system of streets and highways.

Dennis Hunter
Deputy Director
Development Services
626 458-4006