she received from lawyers representing the huntington beach convention bureau. she wasn t sure what the letter was about. the letter threatening litigation claimed huntington beach, california, also a popular surfing town owned surf city usa. at the visitors bureau christina glyn helps local businesses. we sat down in the conference room, read the letter. it was actually a cease and desist letter asking her to cease selling t-shirts with the logo santa cruz surf city usa. with this notice we demand on or before friday september 6th, you must agree to cease selling or any other manner using serve city usa marks. so what that s saying in flan english unless you cease and desist immediately we re going to sue you. an intellectual property