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I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

In 2008, plaintiff became president of the PTA chapter at Mark Twain Elementary

School in Riverside. In the fall of 2009, after a transition from one PTA treasurer to

another, it was determined that plaintiff had received certain reimbursements in error, and

there were also some missing receipts.3 Plaintiff attributes these mistakes to accounting

errors by the former treasurer, and contends that she returned all money mistakenly paid

to her (about $800 total). Nevertheless, the principal of Mark Twain Elementary School

asked plaintiff to step down as PTA president, stating that she had been directed to make

this request by the 23rd District PTA. Plaintiff resigned, as requested, without conceding

any wrongdoing.

The resignation did not, however, put an end to the matter. After her resignation,

plaintiff alleges Power—who had preceded plaintiff as PTA president at Mark Twain

Elementary, and who had first brought the mistaken payments to plaintiff’s attention—

2We derive our summary of facts from the complaint and from the evidence submitted in support of and against the anti-SLAPP motion.

3 The complaint places the date of these…