A drive by a La Jolla nonprofit to turn the community into its own municipality can resume following a judge’s order issued Friday.

Superior Court Judge Judy Bae tentatively ruled against the city of San Diego and in favor of the Association for the City of La Jolla and the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission.

The city’s June lawsuit against LAFCO, which is empowered with approving or denying proposed changes in local government boundaries, challenged the community’s ongoing effort to secede.

The city contended that LAFCO improperly certified a previous ACLJ petition drive seeking to place La Jolla’s incorporation on a future ballot.

The regional agency’s plans to proceed with the incorporation review process, the city said in the suit, would impose “substantial irreparable har

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