What do Two former Santa Barbara Supervisors, past and current Santa Barbara Superior Court Judges and Two current Candidates for the California State Senate all have in Common?

While preparing for your visit Bill (LawlessAmerica.com)I did some additional research on our Superior Court and its Judges, what I found is nothing short of amazing. First I need to share a few facts about the Santa Barbara County Employees Pension System (SBCERS) and what I was able to discover.

 My research shows that in 97 the Santa Barbara County Employees Pension System (SBCERS) values and funded levels had been retroactively reduced when compared to 1996. I uncovered this by comparing what had been previously reported to the State Controllers Office and the Bond Market on Wall Street. The years affected cover 1986-1996 and can be verified by comparing the County’s 2009 Employer-Employee Cost History against the archived pension audits I purchased from the California State Controllers Office.

 I want to start this posting by looking at Mike Stoker who served as a Board of Supervisor for Santa Barbara County from 1986 through 1992. Then in 1994 California Secretary of State Bill Jones named Stoker Deputy Secretary of State where he served until January 2003 .Currently he is running against Hannah Beth Jackson for a seat on the California Senate. According to former Supervisor Mike Stoker, the deal public employees are getting (Pension) far exceeds the rest of the workforce, and it’s time for the county Board of Supervisors to level the playing field.

 Mr. Stoker is far too modest because when he took his seat as a County Supervisor in 1986 the SBCERS pension was just fine and 102% funded. Someone should make Mr. Stoker aware that the original 1986 value of 102% has since been changed and is now being reported as only 67%.  

 As for Hannah Beth Jackson the other local candidate for the State Senate she just happens to be married to Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge George Eskin. That’s right the very same Judge who was one of two 2003 gubernatorial appointees who broke the law by failing to put himself on the 2004 June primary and win his first full 6 year term. So I ask is the wife of a Judge who has committed a crime under the color of law really our best answer for the State Senate?

 Current Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Arthur Garcia is the other 2003 gubernatorial appointees who also failed to place himself on the 2004 June primary. When both Eskin and Garcia failed to retain their seats through election in 2004 and continued to occupy the bench. They both committed a crime under the color of law. In order for unlawful acts by any official to be done under "color of any law," the unlawful acts must be done while such official is purporting or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. This definition includes, Judges, Mayors and Council persons, Law Enforcement, Nursing Home Proprietors, Security Guards, etc., persons who are bound by laws, statutes ordinances, or customs.

 Next we have Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Timothy J. Staffel. Who in 1992 was elected as Fourth District county Supervisor and represented the Santa Maria and Lompoc Valleys from 1993-1998. In June 1998, Governor Wilson then appointed him to the Santa Barbara County Superior Court. As I have already mentioned I uncovered conflicting values for the Santa Barbara County Employees Pension System (SBCERS) pension while he was a seating Supervisor. All I can say about his service is how can Superior Court Judge Staffel be oblivious to the fact that the pensions value and funded history had been retroactively altered on his watch. How can the public be sure his practice on the bench is any better?

 Now we get to Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge James Herman who was appointed to the bench by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in May 2005.and ran for election to his first full term in 2006 as per the States Constitution. Judge Herman’s wife Denise de Bellefeuille also happens to be a current Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge.

 The Santa Barbara bench is a relatively small one having any where from 19 to 21 seats. In order for Judge Eskin and Judge Garcia to get away with the crime of not seeking election in 2004, it required the approval of Judge Herman who did run his wife Judge de Bellefeuille and the rest of the seating Superior Court Judges. It also appears Senate candidate Mike Stoker is just fine blaming the American worker for our alleged pension woes. Don’t forget that Judge Staffel was present as a supervisor while pension fraud was being committed against the Counties residents and workers.

 In closing Bill I will have my data separated by issue and not by participant but I just felt the connections between corruption and those who seem to be involved are just to closely connected and need to be ousted.

 Regards

 Larry Mendoza 

Below was my first attempt at tonight's posting

I just wanted to send you a quick hello, and ask if you already know where we will be filming at. I have been preparing for your visit by checking my facts and getting all my documentation in order. You will of course be having some Tri Tip BBQ while you visit Santa Barbara. Because you have been inundated with so much data while filming, I will try to keep this simple. All month I have been preparing for our meeting double checking my data and reassembling my documentation. –

Bill I have uncovered archived audits from the California State Controllers Office from 1996 and 1997 that report conflicting values for the Santa Barbara County Employees Pension System (SBCERS) pension. I have all the data required to substantiate these claims but let me give you the simple example.

Initially both the California State Controllers records and Wall Streets bond market showed that Santa Barbara County reported the pension was 102% funded with a value of over 225 million dollars. In 1996  the Controllers records reported the pensions actuarial value of assets was 587 million dollars and 92% funded.Below is a copy of the 1991 Controllers Audit that shows that the County had in fact reported the pension to be 102% funded on 12/31/86. This report also shows that as of 12/31/90 the pension was 89.2% funded.

This Document shows a fully funded pension in 1986.

This document taken from a 1992 Bond offering by Santa Barbara County also shows that the SBCERS pension was indeed 102% funded, that is until someone devalued the pension in 1997 . 

However in the 2009 County Employer-Employee Cost History all the funded values and funded levels had been retroactively devalued. Look under the sixth column from the left titled funded ratios on the cost sheet and you can see that now it reports that the pension was only funded 67% on 12/31/86. I have records that show originally the County reported that in 1988 the fund was 91%, 90 it was 83. %, in 92 88.6%, in 94 88.1% and finally 1995 was 92%. The cost history sheet from 2009 on the other hand shows 1988 was 67.2% funded, 90 was 61.4%, 92 was 81.7%, 94 was 87.5% and 95 was 87.8% funded.

So let me ask you all a simple question, if I started with a 102.% funded pension in 1986, do you think it would earn more than if I had started with just a 67%? Well some how just the opposite is true with the SBCERS Pension.

I have just a few more important points to share with you that I hope shocks you.

The 1998 Controllers Audit above reports the  funded levels for 1990 and 1992 match the cost history sheet from above. But go to the top left side of this document and look under “Statement of Plan Net Assets as of June 30^th 1998” and it reports the assets to be over 1 Billion dollars.

Now look under “Summary of Funding Position” on the lower half of the page, were it shows the “Actuarial Value of Assets” to be almost 800,000 dollars as of 12/3198. How is it the pension was 25% greater net total net value in June, yet in December its Actuarial was only 800,000?

Also when I looked at one year earlier the “Statement of Plan Net Assets as of June 30^th 1997” reports the assets to be over 888,876,118. The “Summary of Funding Position” again on the lower half of the document, shows the “Actuarial Value of Assets” to only be 693,399,597 on 12/3197. Once again the pension had a 25% greater net value in June than in what Decembers Actuarial showed.


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Is there (RE) Election Fraud by Our California Superior Court Gubernatorial Appointees to a Judgeship?

Is there (RE) Election Fraud by Our California Superior Court Gubernatorial Appointees to a Judgeship? www.santabarbaracriminalcourtcorruption.blogspot.com

My name is Lawrence Mendoza and I live in Santa Barbara, California. I was a victim of judicial corruption, law enforcement stalking and legal corruption starting in late 2005 and all of 2006. In an attempt to protect myself and prevent others from also being victimized, I created my blog in order to share my experiences through. The subject of today’s posting is as important as anything I have written over these last six years.

When must a Gubernatorial Appointee to the California Superior Court seek re/election to their first full term of six years? What happens if the temporary judicial appointee fails to seek re/election yet still occupied their seat on the bench?

The reason I ask is because it appears that some judicial appointees have failed to seek reelection when required to by the law, my first example comes from July of 2005.

Posted on Tue Jul 12 2005 22:41:42 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441708/posts 07/12/2005 “Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Franklin E. Bondonno and Carol W. Overton to judgeship’s in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Filling the vacancy created when former Superior Court Judge William Danser was ousted as a result of his criminal conviction in a ticket-fixing scandal. Both newly appointed Superior Court Judges can seek a full six year term in the June 2006 primary elections. “

Through my research I found that 2005 appointee Judge Bondonno ran for his first full term in the 2006 June primary, keeping in complacence with our State Constitution. .(http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/scl/judicial.html ) However the other 2005 appointee Judge Overton did not seek re/election in 2006, instead choosing to wait until the June 2008 primary to run for re/election. Consequently she failed to comply with our Constitution and that is our problem! (http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/06/03/ca/scl/judicial.html)

Over these last six years I have spent countless hours researching issues and events so that I can intelligently share my findings and tonight is no different. You see there is no ambiguity in regards to the length of time a temporarily gubernatorial appointee/ judge may occupy the bench before being required by law to seek re/election to their first full term.

The California Constitution clearly states that if a vacant Judicial seat in Superior Court was filled by a temporary gubernatorial appointee in a non-election (odd) year. They must seek re/election to their first full six year term in the following years (even) general primary

 If the judicial vacancy was filled in an (even) election year, they must wait to seek re/election to a full term in the next even year’s general election or roughly two years. Let’s review three more appointees to the bench in odd years and when the first sought re/election to their first full term of six years.

Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. a judge for the Superior Court of San Francisco was appointed to the court by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009. Ulmer then ran for re/election in 2010 for the seat he was appointed to in 2009. http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/06/08/ca/sf/judicial.html

Arthur A. Garcia. a judge for the Superior Court of Santa Barbara was appointed to the court by Governor Gray Davis in 2003. Garcia skipped running for re/election in 2004, and finally ran for re/election in 2006 for the seat he was appointed to in 2003. http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/sba/race/1935/

George C. Eskin a judge for the Superior Court of Santa Barbara was appointed to the court by Governor Gray Davis in 2003. Eskin skipped running for re/election in 2004 and finally ran for re/election in 2006 for the seat he was appointed to in 2003.

 In closing we have a very serious problem when Judges, Civil or Criminal, Law Enforcement, District Attorneys and their prosecutors intentionally attempt to misrepresent facts or out right lie to the public in Any Matters. Those types of actions by them automatically “forfeit their right to the Public s Trust”. Without doubt the keeping of Public Trust requires a higher standard from those previously mentioned than that of you or me. This standard dictates that because integrity is indispensable to those positions, any one whose misconduct undermines that integrity no longer deserves to serve the public or our trust.

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William Windsor of Lawless America will be spending 17 days in California filming his documentary, lets make a meal for him‏

Hello everyone I just received Lawless America's California filming itinerary. I am hoping that some of you may want to meet with William while he is filming here for his documentary. I was thinking maybe we can get a BBQ together and just meet the man and talk about his journey across America. Also I am wondering if any of my media friends might want to interview him as well. He also has a wants list so please take a look and see if you can help with any of them.

Thanks for all your support

Larry Mendoza

Hello California!

I haven’t heard much about organization of efforts for Lawless America while I am in California.  I will be spending 17 days in California – far more time than in any other state, so it is extremely important for this to be very productive time.  (Itinerary is printed below.)

I hope to have some agents join us for some of the filming as I am trying to get an agent to attempt to get us a weekly TV show; that would have a huge impact in exposing the corruption and building the support for change.

Please do the following:

1. Please email me at LAWLESS411@gmail.com and bill@LawlessAmerica.com to advise if you will be filmed and in which city and on what date.
2. If you know people in the TV or movie business, please contact them to try to identify one or more agents who I can contact.  An agent or a celebrity would be a HUGE addition to this project.
3. If you would like to have us film at locations where important events in your story took place, or if you would like for me to confront corrupt people, please emailBROLL@LawlessAmerica.com and LAWLESS411@gmail.com.  Send names, addresses, and phone numbers as well as a one sentence explanation of the significance.  
4. Please identify others who we should film, and get them to email me atLAWLESS411@gmail.com and Bill@LawlessAmerica.com.  I cannot afford to waste time in any of these cities.
5. Consider ways that we can make this an event at every stop.  Email your ideas toCalifornia@LawlessAmerica.com and LAWLESS411@gmail.com.  Maybe we should film on public property outside some studios where stars will see us?  Maybe we should film on Hollywood Boulevard?  Maybe the City of Hollywood would allow us to film for free) at the Hollywood sign?  Use your creativity, and let’s see what we can come up with.

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Thanks

Bill

William M. Windsor

Bill@LawlessAmerica.com

Movie Trip Phone: 770-578-1094

Fax: 770-578-1057

www.LawlessAmerica.com

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"Criminal Forensic Science has been Cast by the Criminal Justice System into Something that is Not Even Science." That Describes It's use in the Santa Barbara Courts Perfectly!

"To be come informed about the method and practices used by the police to conduct criminal investigations.”

Earlier today I shared a web site and document that I felt could help us better understand what is right and wrong with how criminal investigations are being handled here in Santa Barbara County. Just a few moments ago I received the most incredible enlightening response from a friend of my blog and emails. In a mere two paragraphs they were able to sum up what I have been trying to grasp for years; what is wrong with Forensic Evidence and it's use by criminal courts. I hope you all find it this response as informative as I did..

Larry,

As you know, I am formally trained as a scientist.  When I entered the field of forensic science after ten years of real science, I was confused for many years – little made sense.  Thirty years and hundreds of cases later I understand: the criminal justice system in this country is not only stuck in the 19^th century, criminal forensic science has been cast by the criminal justice system into something that is not even science. “Forensic science” is truly an oxymoron.  The CSI programs on TV have no reflection of reality. The bottom line is any criminalist can testify in a court of law usually without fear of peer review, ever.  He can express overt bias for his DA’s case without fear of repercussion.  I have seen it all: outrageous lies and junk science to the extreme by opposing experts. The district attorneys’ offices in many jurisdictions are the equivalent of lynch mobs. Nothing has changed since the Dr Samuel Sheppard case of the mid 1950’s.

The underlying principle of science is peer review, the work product of a scientist in the legal milieu is reports and testimony, none of which are ever made public. It is almost impossible to obtain reports or testimony transcripts of a criminalist or expert unless you have the big bucks to make it so (good luck dealing with a court reporter if you are not an attorney!).  So many in this country have been wronged by our broken criminal justice system.  Yet, what is so ironic - there are only a handful of people in this country who understand the underlying reasons that make it so bad.  If you hear someone say that “our legal system is the best in the world” they do not realize there are tens of thousands of people who shouldn’t be in prison at all and those who are serving terms in excess for what they really did.  “Lawless America” will hopefully show this country the travesty that our criminal justice system is and the continual injustices perpetrated by the system.

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