Government
Jul. 10, 2023
Presiding judge and DA plead with Sacramento city leaders to do something about homeless
In separate letters to a city councilmember and the mayor, they say employees of the court have been threatened and assaulted, and detail myriad other problems.
Public sex acts, assaults, open fires, feces and a man in the lobby with a hammer are among the incidents that have prompted recent letters from Sacramento County’s presiding judge and district attorney, pleading with the city to deal with homeless people in and around the courthouse.
On June 29, Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman wrote to Mayor Darrell Steinberg complaining that access to justice is threatened by the “disheartening conditio...
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