Save Westwood Village v. Regents CA2/4

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant Save Westwood Village, a non-profit corporation, purports to appeal from the grant of an anti-SLAPP motion, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (section 425.16), brought by respondents Meyer Luskin, Renee Luskin, and the UCLA Foundation. Respondents were named as real parties in interest in the petition for writ of mandate (the petition) filed by appellant challenging the certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by the Regents of the University of California (the Regents), and seeking to set aside the Regents’ decision approving the development of the Luskin Conference and Guest Center on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).1 Respondents contend that their anti-SLAPP motion was properly granted because their alleged conduct referenced in the petition constituted an exercise of their free speech rights, and appellant could not prove a reasonable probability of prevailing on the merits of its claims. We do not reach the merits of this appeal, because the record on appeal does not contain an appealable order granting respondents’…