Richmond Compassionate Care Collective v. 7 Stars Holistic Found., Inc.

*460 In 2014, we began our opinion in Moriarty v. Laramar Management Corp . (2014) 224 Cal.App.4th 125 , 128, 168 Cal.Rptr.3d 461 ( Moriarty ) with this observation: "Another appeal in an anti-SLAPP case. Another appeal by a defendant whose anti-SLAPP motion failed below. Another appeal that, assuming it has no merit, will result in an inordinate delay of the plaintiff's case and cause him to incur more unnecessary attorney fees. (See Grewal v. Jammu (2011) 191 Cal.App.4th 977 , 1002-1003 [ 119 Cal.Rptr.3d 835 ].) And no merit it has." Here is yet another such appeal. And we again affirm.

BACKGROUND

The General Setting

In 2011, pursuant to Richmond Marijuana Ordinance No. 28-10 NS (ordinance), the City of Richmond issued a medical marijuana collective permit to Richmond Compassionate Care Collective (RCCC). It was the first collective to obtain such a permit.

Three other permits were later issued over the ensuing years, to: (1) Richmond Patients Group (RPG), acting through principals William Koziol, Darrin Parle, and Alexis Parle; (2) Holistic Healing Collective, Inc. (Holistic), acting through its principal Rebecca Vasquez; and (3) 7 Stars Holistic Foundation, Inc. (7 Stars),…