Los Angeles County (Lancaster)
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LANCASTER - When lawyers from a feisty nonprofit appeared for the first time in the limited civil courtroom of Commissioner Emma Castro, they took the offensive as they always do in eviction proceedings. They demanded a jury trial.
To their surprise, the new commissioner never balked, said Kevin P. Hermansen of BASTA Inc., which takes on tenants' rights cases as if preparing for battle. Their motto: "If t... (continued)
