Lakeshore Tenants Union v. Lakeshore Aparts
Defendants, the owners and managers of a 38-unit apartment building at 1918 Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland (collectively, owners), appeal from the denial of their anti-SLAPP motion (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16, subd. (b)(1)) seeking to strike the complaint brought by the “tenants union” and a large number of tenants of the apartment building (collectively, tenants) alleging multiple acts of harassment and misconduct designed to evict tenants and to cause tenants to terminate their tenancies. The tenants’ complaint contains 10 causes of action preceded by a four-page unnumbered “introduction,” which tenants concede on appeal should be stricken, and 23 numbered paragraphs over 16 pages of further introductory allegations incorporated into each of the causes of action. Spread throughout the complaint are allegations of both protected and unprotected activity within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute.
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