Ukiah Valley Sanitation Dept. v. City of Ukiah
Defendant City of Ukiah appeals from a trial court order denying its motion to strike two of the complaint’s claims under the anti-SLAPP statute. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.) In these claims, plaintiff Ukiah Valley Sanitation District alleged that the City had violated certain agreements by seeking approval from the Mendocino County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to detach from the District a service area that lies within the City’s boundaries. In denying the anti-SLAPP motion, the court found that: (1) the City failed to demonstrate that the two claims arose from the City’s protected activity and (2) even if the claims did arise from protected activity, the District demonstrated a probability of prevailing on them. We agree with the court on the first point, and we therefore affirm.
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