I guess it's about which taxpayer pocket is picked to pay for repairs. And which entity will be sued by ambulance chasers. And thousands of man hours are going to be spent trying to avoid and place blame.
California and all of America was populated by self-sufficient folks fifty years ago who were raised on the mother's milk of not stealing from your neighbor or your boss or your government. I remember it well. The Oroville dam spillway improper construction in the late 60’s, probably at the end of Pat Brown's administration, was symbolic of the new era to come.