Yes he is a bad teacher and his lectures are excruciatingly boring (akin to torture). Yes you learn more on your own or from the TA. Yes he has a thick accent and comes off as extremely self-important. But that's not the worst of it.

I would not think it possible at UCLA but he actually denied me extra credit that I've earned in order to lower my grade (89/100). The extra credit was the only thing that kept me attending those mediocre lectures of his, as the questions were rather easy and mostly "repeat what I just said" type. I noticed he wasn't too fond of me (the feeling is mutual) but to be so unprofessional, outrageous. Made me feel like a sap for honoring my part of the school code. So, yes, he is also crooked.

Don't take any class with him. As mentioned before he is a terrible lecturer and what is worse, you can't simply skip those useless lectures, because of the extra credit. Also, don't mistaken his common courtesy for kindness or care, he doesn't. Would you bother to ask if you knew the second explanation was going to be worse than the first? That's why people don't bother asking. He must know it and keeps extra credit just to keep attendance up.
The TA was infinately more usefull. Other than that, you're on your own.
The material is not that hard so you can get an A but taking this or any other class with him is just not worth it.