Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 11, 2023
Activists accuse judge of ethics violation over letter regarding homeless
Sacramento County Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman told the mayor that homeless people encamped around the courthouse are an impediment to access to justice.
A homeless advocacy group says a letter Sacramento County Presiding Judge Michael G. Bowman sent to the mayor urging him to clean up encampments around the courthouse may have violated judicial ethics.
Bowman’s letter may have implicated Canon 2A of the Code of Judicial Ethics which states: “A judge shall not make statements, whether public or nonpublic, that commit the judge with respect to cases, controversies, or issues that are likely ...
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