
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Judge James Mize wanted a hammer. It was the early 1970s, he had just completed his master's degree in social work, and he was contemplating becoming a community organizer.
"I had this sense that at some point in time, I would go to maybe a big landlord who was mistreating his tenants, and I'd say, 'You're mistreating your tenants,' and he would tell me to 'Pound sand'... (continued)