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  • List of Defendants Named in First Amended Complaint Filed on February 24, 2014 in Yolo County Superior Court

    Lea Rosenberg, Yolo Lodge 169 Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Davis Rebekah Lodge; Grand Lodge of California; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Davis Odd Fellows; Soroptimist International of Davis; Soroptimist International; Soroptimist International of the Americas; David Rosenberg; David Reed; Sheryl Cambron; Barbara Geisler; Virgil Smith; Robert Bockwinkel; Michael Cabral; Peter Martin, Keker & Van Nest, John Keker, Chris Young, Voice of OC, Erwin Chemerinsky, Skadden Arps, Mary Ann Todd , Munger Tolles & Olson, Jeff Bleich, Bradley Phillips, Ron Olson, Edison International, Berkshire Hathaway, Douglas Winthrop, Howard Rice, Holly Fujie, Buchalter Nemer, Raj Chatterjee, Morrison & Foerster, James Brosnahan, Thomas Girardi, Richard Tom , Southern California Edison , Wilson Sonsini,
    Mark Friedman, Fulcrum Properties, Mark Robinson, Geoffrey Brown, Arnold Porter, Mark Parnes, CaliforniaALL, Ruthe Catolico Ashley, Larissa Parecki, Morrison England, Torie Flournoy-England, Sarah Redfield, McGeorge School of Law, Cary Martin Zellerbach AKA Mary Ellen Martin Zellerbach, Martin Investment Management, Douglas Scrivner, Accenture, Freada Kapor Klein, Level Playing Field Institute, Ophelia Basgal, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, James Lewis, Verizon Communications, Darrell Steinberg, Kamala Harris, Michael Peevey, Steve Poizner, James Hsu, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Does 1-100

  • Commission on Judicial Performance
    455 Golden Gate Ave.
    San Francisco, CA 94102

    RE: COMPLAINT AGAINST YOLO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES DAVID ROSENBERG AND DAVID REED

    To whom it may concern:

    In lieu of using a form complaint, this communication serves as an official judicial misconduct complaint against Yolo County Superior Court judges David Rosenberg and David Reed for violations of Canons of Judicial Ethics due to their (and their respective spouses, Lea Rosenberg and Sheryl Cambron) involvement with an entity known as Davis Odd Fellows, which discriminates on the basis of religion in violation of Canon(2)(C).

    GENERAL BACKGROUND:

    Yolo County Superior Court judge David Rosenberg (AKA Dave Rosenberg) and his wife Lea Rosenberg are heavily involved in an entity known as “Yolo Lodge 169 Independent Order Odd Fellows and Davis Rebekah Lodge” ( which also advertises itself as Davis Odd Fellow / David Rebekah Lodge/ and other related entities).

    The operation owns various pieces of real estate which are leased to various business establishments in the City of Davis, California. As will be shown in future complaints, there is more than meets the eye here, as overall transactions involving Davis Odd Fellows appear to involve suspicious and secretive financial transactions, racketeering, income tax fraud, and related acts of misconduct.

    Over the years, both the Rosenbergs (David and Lea) and Judge Reed and his wife (Cheryl Cambron - an attorney employed by Yolo County) have been extensively involved in this organization. At various times, Rosenberg/Reed/Cambron served as president and vice-president interchangeably.

    Presently, Dave Rosenberg is also the membership committee chairman (see: http://davislodge.org/how-to-join ).

    Anyone who is interested in becoming a member must be sponsored by another member and must be “loyal to his or her country and believes in a Supreme Being, the creator and preserver of the Universe, is eligible for membership.” (See http://davislodge.org/how-to-join )

    Additionally, the Odd Fellows Valediction reads as follows: “I AM AN ODD FELLOW: I believe in the Fatherhood of God, and the Brotherhood of Man.” (See: http://davislodge.org/odd-fellows-valediction)

    MISCONDUCT:

    As mentioned above, both Judge Rosenberg and Judge Reed are judges of the Yolo County Superior Court and both are members and directors of Davis Odd Fellows. As such they must adhere to the canons of judicial ethics.

    Canon 2(C) reads: “A judge shall not hold membership in any organization that practices invidious
    discrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. This canon does not apply to membership in a religious organization or an official military organization of the United States.”

    The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in general, and the Davis Odd Fellows in particular, are not “religious organization” per se (ie, churches). Rather they are considered a fraternity. (See: http://www.ioof.org )

    Davis Odd Fellows describes itself as follows:

    "The Davis Odd Fellows Lodge was chartered in 1870 and currently has over 200 members, making it one of the largest Odd Fellows Lodges in the nation. The Odd Fellows Lodge is a fraternal order, dedicated to community projects of all kinds. The Davis Odd Fellows put on Taste of Davis, Breakfast with Santa, Breakfast with the Bunny among other community events and projects. The Lodge also hosted the “DogtoberFest” which raised funds to purchase a new K-9 for the Davis Police Department, and set a Guinness World Record for the longest single line of bicycles which raising over $15,000 for the Davis Schools during the “World’s Greatest Bicycle Parade.”

    In that David Odd Fellows owns real estate which it rents to the highest bidder, it qualifies as a “business establishment” which must comply with statutory and constructional bodies of California law protecting the civil rights of its citizens.

    In view of the foregoing, both Odd Fellows members Judge Rosenberg and Judge Reed should be disciplined for their involvement in the organizations, as it is clear that Davis Odd Fellows is not a “religious organization.” The improper involvement is particularly heightened for Judge Rosenberg, the membership committee chairman, who via his position requires that all new members believe in a “Supreme Being” and the “Fatherhood of God.”

    Thank you for you time and attention to this matter.

  • Lea Rosenberg Asked to Produce Tax-Returns of Davis Odd Fellow Hall

    Dear Ms. Rosenberg:

    The purpose of this communication is to address the following matters:

    1. Since you appear to have been involved with Davis Rebekah Lodge, Davis Odd Fellow, and Sophomoric, I had previously asked you to produce the IRS tax-returns for those entities.

    For reasons which I do not understand, rather than complying with this simple request (as you are required to do by law given the fact that those entities are allowed to operate on a “tax-exempt” status), you have failed to respond. I am therefore reiterating my request that you comply with the request for these tax returns and produce them to me within the next 5 days.

    As you know, I am troubled by events surrounding the almost exclusive fundraising to “emancipated foster youth”, Barbara Sommer, Davis Odd Fellow members Jonathan Raven and Michael Cabral, Cache Creek Casino, Vic Bucher, and Progress Ranch.

    I am also troubled by the fact that Judge Rosenberg (and his Judicial Campaign CPA Vic Bucher) lends money to the judicial campaign of other judges (i.e. Tim Fall and Dan Maguire). Hence, I would like to get to the bottom of things, and need the requested tax forms to do so.

    2. In the previously submitted request, there was no mention of “Davis Odd Fellow Hall.” My position and understanding is that Davis Odd Fellow Hall is part of Davis Odd Fellow.

    Nevertheless, please consider this communication a formal request to also provide copies of the last three tax return forms that “Davis Odd Fellow Hall” had submitted to the IRS.

    3. Given that Davis Odd Fellow, David Odd Fellow Hall, and Davis Rebekah Lodge are under the exclusive control of you, your husband David Rosenberg, as well as David Reed and his wife Cheryl Camberon, and given that both David Rosenberg and David Reed are judges of the Yolo County Superior Court, I submit that these entities have a duty to operate at an even higher level of transparency than mandated by the IRS, and must comply with the common law duty of disclosure.

    Thus, in addition to inspecting and copying the documents authorized by the IRS, I request copies of detailed financial statements (i.e. income, expenditures, names of donors, names of businesses and amount of rent Davis Odd Fellow Hall charges its various tenants, identity of subcontractors, identity of those who have rented the Hall etc.) For example, my understanding is that David Greenwald (publisher of The People’s Vanguard of Davis and Vanguard Court Watch) entered into a contract with Davis Odd Fellow Hall. Given that Mr. Greenwald’s publications purport to report on misconduct and malfeasance in the local area, including the courts, it appears to me that there is a direct conflict between this stated mission and his decision to rent space from an entity whose Board is comprised of you, and two Yolo County Superior Court judges.

    I am looking forward to hearing from you and receiving the requested documents.

  • Motion to Strike Yolo County DA Opposition Re Second Verified Challenge to Judge David Reed

    On June 14, 2013, I filed a C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge to Judge David Reed stemming from his association with Judge David and Lea Rosenberg, his associations with Davis Odd Fellow and Davis Rebekah Lodge, the fact that I had filed an IRS complaint against those entities, and because of the media exposure on the Davis Patch. This Challenge was denied by Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge the Honorable Valli Israels.

    Subsequently, I filed a second C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge to Judge David Reed stemming from what I believed were acts of fraud and deceit perpetrated by Odd Fellows Home of California in connection with Judge Dave Reed, a “cease and desist” demand sent to Odd Fellow Home of California, and fraud on the Court perpetrated by Judge David Reed in connection with his failure to previously disclose his very recent role as “Grand Conductor” of the California Grand Lodge (the entity supervising David Odd Fellow and Davis Odd Fellow Hall), as well as a request for an evidentiary hearing.

    On Thursday, August 22, 2013, Judge Reed filed a reply to the second C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge asserting various defenses on the merits including, among others, that he was under no legal duty to disclose the fact that he was an officer (Conductor) of the Grand Lodge. (It is important to note that Judge Reed did not assert that I was not entitled, procedurally speaking, to file a second C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge (i.e. “seriatim” challenges).)

    Subsequent to the filing of my second Challenge, I became aware of even additional evidence of what I believed were further acts of fraud and deceit perpetrated by Judge Dave Reed in connection with his failure to disclose to me and Judge Valli Israels the fact that Judge Reed’s wife (Sheryl Cambron) is an officer of Davis Rebekah Lodge – an entity headed by Lea and David Rosenberg which was the subject of the IRS complaint — as well as the fact that Ms. Cambron is also an officer of the Davis Encampment, an entity headed by Dave Rosenberg. Moreover, I also became aware after filing the second Challenge that between 2010-2012, Judge David Reed headed Davis Odd Fellow, a fact that he failed to disclose to me and Judge Valli Israels.

    As such, I filed with the Court a request for leave to file a reply to Judge Reed’s opposition to the second verified challenge and a request for leave to address the newly discovered evidence dealing with Judge Reed’s failure to inform me and the Court of, among others his wife’s involvement with Davis Rebekah Lodge.

    This motion is presently pending (presumably before Judge Valli Israels) and awaits adjudication.

    Subsequent to my filing of a request to file a reply to Judge Reed’s opposition, on September 9, 2013, I received an “Opposition to the Second Verified Challenge” filed by Michael Cabral of the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office. This “opposition” is patently defective, intentionally misstates the state of the law, is deceptive by omission, and should be stricken.

    First, Mr. Cabral failed to inform this Court that he himself is a member of the Davis Odd Fellow, and that the second in command at the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office (Mr. Jonathan Raven) is an officer of Davis Odd Fellow. This creates the appearance that Mr. Cabral and Mr. Raven, rather than acting as the legal agents of “the People,” are instead acting as the legal agents of Lea and David Rosenberg, Judge David Reed, his wife Cheryl Cambron, David Rosenberg’s Judicial Campaign Treasurer Vic Bucher, as well as agents of David Odd Fellow and its sister entity (Davis Rebekah Lodge) which blatantly refuse to comply with IRS rules and regulations by making available for public inspection their IRS 990 Forms, as required by law.

    Second, I have not been able to locate any legal authority to support the claim that I am not entitled to file “seriatim” verified challenges, as the Yolo DA alleges.

    The fact of the matter is that only after the Honorable Judge Valli Israels issued her decision, did I fortuitously come across the newly discovered evidence mentioned above which is highly relevant to a determination of whether Judge Reed should be disqualified because of their relevancy and, most importantly, because Judge Reed was under an absolute duty to voluntary disclose those facts to Hon. Judge Valli Israels and to me.

    Instead, Jude Reed chose to mislead by remaining silent, further demonstrating the need for this Verified Challenge.

  • On June 14, 2013, I filed a C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge to Judge David Reed stemming from his association with Judge David and Lea Rosenberg, his associations with Davis Odd Fellow and Davis Rebekah Lodge, the fact that I had filed an IRS complaint against those entities, and because of the media exposure on Davis Patch. This Challenge was denied by Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Valli Israels.

    Subsequently, I filed a second C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge to Judge David Reed stemming from what I believed were further acts of fraud and deceit perpetrated by Odd Fellows Home of California in connection with Judge Dave Reed, a “cease and desist” demand sent to Odd Fellow Home of California, and fraud on the Court perpetrated by Judge David Reed in connection with his failure to previously disclose his very recent role as “Grand Conductor” of the California Grand Lodge (the entity supervising David Odd Fellow and Davis Odd Fellow Hall), as well as a request for an evidentiary hearing.

    On Thursday, August 22, 2013, Judge Reed filed a reply to the second C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge.

    The purpose of this Motion is to ask the Court for leave to file a response to Judge Reed’s reply to the second C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified Challenge.

    Additionally, subsequent to the filing of the second Challenge, I became aware of additional evidence of what I believed were further acts of fraud and deceit perpetrated by Judge Dave Reed in connection with Judge Reed’s failure to disclose to me and Judge Valli Israels the fact that Judge Reed’s wife (Sheryl Cambron) is an officer of Davis Rebekah Lodge – an entity headed by Lea and David Rosenberg which was the subject of the IRS complaint — as well as the fact that Ms. Cambron is also an officer of the Davis Encampment, an entity headed by Dave Rosenberg.

    Moreover, I also became aware after filing the second Challenge that between 2010-2012, Judge David Reed headed Davis Odd Fellow, a fact that he failed to disclose to me and Judge Valli Israels. As was mentioned previously, Davis Odd Fellow was the subject of a complaint by me to the IRS because of its failure to comply with IRS rules and regulations in producing documents relating to years 2010-2013 .

    Consequently, the undersigned moves this Court to allow the filing of further pleadings setting forth the newly discovered evidence, as well as for an evidentiary hearing in support thereof.

  • On June 14, 2013, I filed a C.C.P. section 170.1 Verified
    Challenge to Judge David Reed stemming from his association with Judge David and Lea Rosenberg, his associations with Davis Odd Fellow and Davis Rebekah Lodge, the fact that I had filed an IRS complaintagainst those entities, and because of the media exposure on Davis Patch. This Challenge was denied by Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Valle Israels, incorporated herein by reference.

    Subsequent to the filing of the Challenge, and while awaiting a
    ruling by Judge Israels on the matter, I became concerned about what I believed were further acts of fraud and deceit perpetrated by Odd Fellows Home of California in connection with Judge Dave Reed, Judge Dave Rosenberg, Lea Rosenberg, and Vic Bucher.

    Specifically, my concerns related to what I perceived as an attempt to improperly distance Judge David Reed, on one hand, from Judge David Rosenberg, Lea Rosenberg, and Vic Bucher, on the other hand. As such, on July 17, 2013, I sent Odd Fellows Home of California a cease and desist demand. (See Exhibit 1.)

    In reply to the “cease and desist”, I received 3 replies. Two
    replies originated from Mr. Gerald Poarch (see Exhibits 2 and 3),
    informing me that the “update” will “occur after the Board elects its
    new Officers, which will occur at the July 27, 2013 meeting.” Mr.
    Poarch also informed me that the personal treasurer of Judge David
    Rosenberg’s judicial campaign (Mr. Vic Bucher) is presiding until the
    election of new officers. The third reply came from Mr. Don Smith
    (see Exhibit 4), alsoinforming me that the website will be updated to reflect the election of Judge David Reed as director of Odd Fellow Home of California only after the July 27, 2013 board meeting.

    The information contained in Paragraph 4 of this document is in
    marked contradiction to information received both by me and the Court from Judge David Reed who previously asserted, repeatedly, that he was elected to the board of Odd Fellow Home of California (a multi-million dollar retirement facility) during a meeting held during the month of May.

    In addition, although I became aware of the information
    previously but did not think much of it, subsequent to my discovery
    dealing with the above described events , I am now concerned about potential further misrepresentations, concealment, deceit, and fraud on the Court perpetrated by Judge David Reed in connection with his failure to previously disclose his very recent role as “Grand Conductor” of the California Grand Lodge – the entity supervising David Odd Fellow and Davis Odd Fellow Hall.

    Simply put, Judge David Reed never disclosed to me (or to Judge
    Valle Israels) the fact that he served as “Grand Conductor” of the
    Grand Lodge despite multiple opportunities to do so, and despite
    knowing full well that this may be an important fact for the Court’s
    consideration in determining whether to grant the C.C.P. § 170.1
    Verified Challenge. Instead, similar to the events which necessitated the “cease and desist” request, the various parties (Judge David Reed, Judge David Rosenberg, Vic Bucher, and the various Odd Fellow outfits) stooped to misleading the public by quickly removing the name of Judge David Reed as “Grand Conductor” and replacing it with the name of Glenn Lindsey (see http://caioof.org/grand-lodge-officers ) in what
    could be considered an attempt to distance Judge Reed from the
    decision of Davis Odd Fellow to not comply with the IRS rules and
    regulations.

    In connection with the allegations mentioned in Paragraph 7 of
    this Second Verified Challenge, the undersigned asks that an
    evidentiary hearing be scheduled to further explore the facts
    surrounding this alleged act of fraud (i.e. exact dates Judge David
    Reed served as “Grand Conductor,” and the reason the name of Judge Reed was quickly replaced with the name of Glenn Lindsey on the website.

  • Copy of IRS complain against exempt organizations 1) Davis Odd Fellows; 2) Soroptimist International of Davis; and 3) Davis Rebekah Lodge

    May 22, 2013

    Internal Revenue Service
    Exempt Organizations Unit
    1100 Commerce St.
    Dallas, TX 75242-1198

    Re: A referral against exempt organizations 1) Davis Odd Fellows; 2) Soroptimist International of Davis; and 3) Davis Rebekah Lodge

    In lieu of using the IRS’s Tax Exempt Organization Referral Form, please consider this communication a formal complaint (referral) against Yolo County, California not-for-profit entities known as 1) the Independent Order of Odd Fellows — Davis Odd Fellows Lodge #169 ("Davis Odd Fellows"); 2) Soroptimist International of Davis; and 3) Davis Rebekah Lodge.

    On April 4 , 2013, the Davis Odd Fellows, Soroptimist International of Davis, and Davis Rebekah Lodge were duly served with a request for production of the three latest IRS Form 990, Form 990 Schedule A, as well as Form 1023.

    Said requests were emailed to Mrs. Lea Rosenberg (wife of David Rosenberg aka Dave Rosenberg), and included a proviso by which the undersigned offered to pay for reasonable costs for any copying and mailing costs incurred in relation to this request.

    To date, no responses have been received by me to this request to produce the tax returns, despite the clear mandate by the Internal Revenue Service to fully comply with such requests within 30 days.

    As such, reluctantly, the undersigned makes this referral based on grave concerns dealing with suspicious circumstances surrounding Davis Odd Fellows’ board of directors (see http://davislodge.org/odd-fellows-hall-board ), President – Dave Rosenberg ,Vice President – Dave Reed, Treasurer – Barb Geisler, Secretary – Lea Rosenberg, as well as other non-profit entities controlled by Lea and David Rosenberg to wit, Soroptimist International of Davis, Davis Rebekah Lodge, Davis Sunrise Rotary Club , and the newly form non-profit entity Davis Odd Fellows Charities, Inc./Orphan Scholarship Fund.

    More specifically, the concern relates to the fact that in recent years almost all the non profits entities controlled by Lea and Dave Rosenberg began to almost exclusively raise funds for “foster youth” and/or “emancipated foster youth” in Yolo County.

    For example, Davis Odd Fellows held an event to benefit foster youth known as “Breakfast with Santa”. Soroptimist International of Davis held an event to benefit foster youth known as “Texas Hold ’Em”. Davis Rebekah Lodge held an event to benefit foster youth known as “Crab Feed.”

    As mentioned above, In addition to “Breakfast with Santa”, Davis Odd Fellows recently launched an ad hoc non-profit to benefit foster youth known as Davis Odd Fellows Charities, Inc./Orphan Scholarship Fund.

    While certainly the cause of supporting orphans and foster youth is worthy of praise, grave concerns exist that under the auspices of helping foster youth, money is instead actually laundered and being used for improper purposes, including , but not limited, to bribing or attempting to gain the favor of the ex-foreperson of Yolo County’s Grand Jury (Barbara Sommer) who, coincidentally, also heads a non-profit entity designated to house “foster youth” and/or “emancipated foster youth” known as Progress Ranch.

    Additional facts that raise suspicions are that both Dave Rosenberg and Dave Reed are judges of Yolo County Superior Court; Dave Rosenberg is a close confederate of an attorney (Howard Dickstein) who represents an Indian Casino located in Yolo County (Cache Creek Casino); Cache Creek Casino also recently developed an unexplained desire to benefit “foster youth” through a huge donation to benefit “foster youth”; and that in recent years Yolo County’s Grand Jury (headed by Barbara Sommer of Progress Ranch) was investigating Cache Creek Casino.

    As such, I urge you to investigate this matter and impose appropriate sanctions against any and all involved, if supported by the results of your investigation.

    I look forward to your response. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information.