Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Strike (SLAPP) and Case Mangement Conference According to the complaint: In 1968, plaintiff General Development Co., LP (GDC) entered into a ground lease (extending for over 75 years and set to expire in January 2025, with two 10-year options) with Fernandez Trust for the property located at 1000 Betteravia Road in the City of Santa Maria (“Property”). The Property is located at the southwest intersection of Betteravia Road and the 101 Freeway. It is currently occupied by Conserv Fuel and Popeye’s Restaurant. However, at the time the ground lease was acquired, the Property and most of the surrounding land was farmland with little development. In 1971, GDC secured a sublease with Texaco to operate and rent a service station to be constructed on one parcel of the Property (the “Texaco Sublease”). As part of the sublease, Texaco requested, and the Fernandez Trust executed a non-disturbance agreement whereby if GDC were to have defaulted its obligations under
Hearing Date
June 15, 2021
Department
Judge James F. RigaliDepartment 2 SM-Cook312-C East Cook Street P.O. Box 5369 Santa Maria, CA 93456-5369
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Nature of Proceedings: Motion: Strike (SLAPP) and Case Mangement Conference According to the complaint: In 1968, plaintiff General Development Co., LP (GDC) entered into a ground lease (extending for over 75 years and set to expire in January 2025, with two 10-year options) with Fernandez Trust for the property located at 1000 Betteravia Road in the City of Santa Maria (“Property”). The Property is located at the southwest intersection of Betteravia Road and the 101 Freeway. It is currently occupied by Conserv Fuel and Popeye’s Restaurant. However, at the time the ground lease was acquired, the Property and most of the surrounding land was farmland with little development. In 1971, GDC secured a sublease with Texaco to operate and rent a service station to be constructed on one parcel of the Property (the “Texaco Sublease”). As part of the sublease, Texaco requested, and the Fernandez Trust executed a non-disturbance agreement whereby if GDC were to have defaulted its obligations under