Thousands of L.A. tenants face eviction every year without lawyers. The city wants to fix that
Alcira Ayala stands outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Monday. She is fighting an eviction and hopes to get a lawyer to take the case. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In a bustling hallway on the sixth floor of a downtown courthouse, Alcira Ayala sat on a bench with her husband and … Read more