Can I still recover compensation if the accident was partly my fault?

Yes. California follows pure comparative negligence: your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault, but it is never eliminated. If your damages are $100,000 and you were 30% at fault, you can still recover $70,000.

Be careful: insurance adjusters know this rule and routinely try to inflate your share of fault to shrink what they pay. How fault gets assigned depends on evidence, photos, witnesses, reports, which is why documentation and early legal guidance directly affect your outcome.