TENTATIVE RULING
Cross-Defendant, Safe Credit Union (SCU), has brought a Special Motion to Strike (Anti-SLAPP) portions of the First Amended Cross-Complaint filed against it by Defendant/Cross-Complainant, Juliet Diaz. SCU has also filed a Demurrer to the 1st Cause of Action of the First Amended Cross-Complaint. (SCU withdrew its demurrer to the 3rd Cause of Action of the First Amended Cross-Complaint in its Reply. See Reply, page 2:16-18.)

After due consideration of the same, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Special Motion to Strike is denied, and the Demurrer is overruled for the reasons given below.

EVIDENTIARY RULINGS

Anti-SLAPP Motion: SCU filed objections to evidence submitted by Cross-Complainant with her Opposition. Insofar as the Court makes the finding that SCU has not made a threshold showing that the challenged causes of action are ones arising from protected activity, the Court was not required to review the evidence submitted by Cross-Complainant for prong two of the anal