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The letter to the California Arts Council makes numerous attacks against United Artists of Santa Ana and <br /> its members, and we attest that this stems from Ms. Rojas' ongoing vendetta against UASA since she <br /> resigned from the organization and unsuccessfully tried to destroy it in 2013. Since that time, she has <br /> engaged in numerous attempts to defame the reputation of its members, including lies, smear tactics and <br /> letter campaigns such as this one. United Artists of Santa Ana members are respected in Santa Ana's arts <br /> and culture community and contribute positively to it, despite Ms. Rojas' obsessive desire to damage our <br /> reputation and erase our contributions. This points to perhaps the real motivation behind Ms. Rojas attack <br /> of this year's cultural district proposal, because the proposal she lambastes in her letter bears no <br /> resemblance to the proposal we submitted. <br /> Additionally, we have already spoken to one person Ms. Rojas contacted who now understands that a <br /> supposed problem with the proposal was misrepresented to him. <br /> It is widely-known that Ms. Rojas mobilizes her clique, whether they are friends, family or City <br /> Commissioners with a conflict of interest, to viciously attack her enemies and gushingly promote her <br /> projects for her own personal gain. We witnessed these same tactics used to divide our community when <br /> Ms. Rojas left UASA in 2013, and we recognize them at work in this situation. <br /> As such, it is my opinion that the actual purpose of the defamatory letter to the California Arts Council was <br /> to cause reputational and financial harm to its targets. <br /> Regardless of whether the inaccuracies and falsehoods in the letter to the CAC were intentional and <br /> designed to misrepresent the situation, or were the result of a sloppy and reckless process, the attack on <br /> the intended targets was focused and clear. <br /> I hope this adds to your understanding of the context and possible motives for Ms. Rojas' letter and <br /> attacks on United Artists of Santa Ana and its members. <br /> Finally, I wanted to let you know that we have formed a Historic Main Street Cultural District Steering <br /> Committee, and we look forward to interfacing with the City and the Arts Commission as we proceed with <br /> the important work of creating a Historic Main Street Cultural District that serves the needs of the diverse <br /> artists, organizations and businesses on Historic Main Street. <br /> Thank You, <br /> - Victor Payan <br /> Co-Founder and Current Member, United Artists <br /> 2 <br />