A truthful account of an unfortunate event for the Regents of UC. Officer failed to execute the alleged perjured citation. Judge at hearing failed to inform defendant the citation was not properly executed. Public Defenders were available at the time in Santa Barbara County for only Capital Offenses, not the misdemeanor with which the defendant was charged.

1. RICHARD ANTHONY BAUM
319 west valerio street
unit four
santa barbara, calif 93101
JUNE 14, 2017
THE HONORABLE CHARLES F. ROBINSON
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
1111 FRANKLIN STREET, 8TH FLOOR
OAKLAND, CALIF 94607
YOUR HONOR,
It is with a heavy heart I bring this matter to your attention. As a man of color, I
believe you know of discrimination in this world. I, as a man lacking color, believe I
may have been a victim of systematic discrimination by the University of California.
On October 17, 1972, your officer badge number 718 committed perjury in traffic
citation 1396 against my person, Richard Anthony Baum, while a student only 20
years old at UC Santa Barbara. In discussing the incident with the Santa Barbara
County District Attorney in 1997, the District Attorney assured me perjury is perjury
is perjury: it is always a felony with no statute of limitations.
In writing your office of which you were Vice President and General Counsel on
October 6, 2007, your counsel Fred Takemiya replied on November 9. 2007:
Dear Mr. Baum,
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 6, 2007, addressed to
“Regents’ Attorney,” in which you make reference to a variety of matters, the most
salient of which appears to be a 1972 traffic citation issued by the UCSB Campus
Police Department.
Since you indicated that you pled guilty to the charge, there is no further appeal or
remedy available to you.
Sincerely,
Fred Takemiya
University Counsel
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I outline for you Judge Joseph Lodge, in the hearing in Goleta Municipal Court, 415
South Orange Avenue, Goleta, California on October 31, 1972 at 8:45 am gave vague
and misleading information as to pleas available to me. While the courtroom laughed

2. as Judge Lodge explained to me the only reasonable plea was guilty or guilty with an
explanation, or else one would have to either represent themselves or seek competent
legal counsel to plead innocent, Judge Lodge violated my fourth amendment legal
rights to equal representation under the law by allowing the courtroom to break into
laughter at my appearance.
I do not know if the University of California employs psychotic officers, or whether this
was a hate crime.
In any event, after having been intimidated in the halls of justice, I pled meekly “Guilty
with an explanation.” I explained I was only trying to keep up with the officer. I
clocked him for an eighth mile ahead of me going 40 mph in a 25 mph school zone.
Then, like Big Man On Campus, he slowed down, pulled behind me for an eighth mile,
pulled me over and wrote me up for going 40 mph in a 25 mph speed zone.
Instead of S 41 542, badge number 718 wrote the California license plate as ZB65PU.
Please recall personalized license plates did not exist in the State of California in 1972.
In retrospect, there was an obvious miscarriage of Justice here.
As a consequence of this citation, I went insane, with no hope of a lifetime of income in
my chosen field as Professor of Economics at a University.
Contrary to Mr. Takemiya’s counsel, I sincerely doubt there is no further appeal or
remedy available to me for a miscarriage of Justice, either by a psychotic police officer,
victim of a hate crime, or victim of laughter within the halls of justice upon considering
my plea.
I am a donor to the California Highway Patrol 11-99 Foundation, Santa Barbara
County Sheriff’s Swat Team, and Santa Barbara City Police Department Fallen Officers
Memorial Fund. I find little amusement in being a victim of discrimination.
In 1980, I was mauled by student sniping on Bruin Walk at UCLA, with students
pointing and saying “There he is!” with the ringleaders saying “Perjury is a felony,” this
after my having falsified a student financial aid application at UCLA and leading to my
seeking admission to the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute to protect myself.
Being denied admission from the UCLA Emergency Room to the UCLA
Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA police asked me “Do you want to go to County Jail or
be left off on the streets of Santa Monica?” While living in Culver City, I opted for
Santa Monica.
Upon my return to my home in Santa Barbara, I was institutionalized by the County of
Santa Barbara from 1981 until 2007.
While one psychiatrist has described above events as instances of psychoses, another
prominent local psychiatrist explained them to the public as instances of mass
hysteria.
Sincerely,
Richard Anthony Baum
Inceptor of Minimal Surface Economies
Accumulated Present loss of Earning due to Discrimination: $2 Million