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Sarai Santamaria <br />Victor Payan <br />Sandra Peña Sarmiento <br />Omar Avalos <br /> <br />ADDENDUM - SOUTH MAIN ART ISSUES <br /> <br />SOUTH MAIN ART <br />A. Juror Bias and “Perceived Conflict of Interest” <br />1. Commissioner Russell <br />a) A member of Alicia Rojas’ “Artista” coalition and mural collaborator <br />b) Has photos displayed on “Artista” website as member <br />c) Stated on social media (Santanero group page) that she uploaded photos onto Alicia Rojas’ “Artista” <br />webpage and thus is an active collaborator <br />d) Did not recuse from Alicia Rojas’ proposal <br />e) Should have recused from Roger Eyes proposal as he is a fellow “Artista” member and mural colleague <br />f) Vigoroulsy defended Alicia Rojas’ proposal during the scoring review in the September 16 ACC meeting <br />2. Commissioner Hernandez <br /> <br />a) Was a former housemate of Alicia Rojas, cohabiting with her for over a year <br />b) Co-Presented a Colombian fundraiser with applicant Alicia Rojas on July 23, 2021 <br />c) Did not recuse from applicant AR’s proposal <br />d) Vigoroulsy defended Alicia Rojas’ proposal during the scoring review in the September 16 ACC meeting <br /> <br />B. Improper Applicant Behavior <br />1. All applicants were told on camera by Staffer Zurita on July 23, 2021 during the televised ACC meeting <br />that no applicants should be contacting or lobbying Commissioners as that would undermine equity and <br />fairness in evaluating Public Art selections. <br />2. Applicant Alicia Rojas stated on camera at the Sept 17 televised ACC meeting that she contacted every <br />art commissioner to introduce herself and offer her services as a consultant. This created an unfair bias, <br />name recognition, and influence on art jurors that impacted equity with other applicants. <br />C. Lack of vetting for Historical Accuracy and Integrity <br />1. There were no HRC members, History Room staff, Historical Society members or any history experts of <br />any kind evaluating the applications for Historical Accuracy, Historical Design elements or Accuracy in <br />presentation. <br />2. Alicia Rojas proposal profiles the wrong company and the wrong location, having only 1 out of 8 images <br />depict the Southern California Sugar Company located on South Main. All the other images were of the <br />Holly Sugar plant located on Warner and Grand, which is NOT part of South Main’s history. <br />4 <br /> <br />