Social Justice is Not Alive and Well in our Legal System

With all of the concern about social justice, equity, priviledge and oppression, you would think that trying to address issues of unfair policies would be burgeoning.  But try to get a lawyer who will take a case against the city, and wow!  I spent the morning calling several law firms describing the issue of code enforcement, how it inordinatly impacts the poor members of the community.

Here is the case:

People on fixed incomes, or with physical and mental disabilities, struggle to even pay someone  to mow their lawns.  
Wealthy people have no problem paying for professional lawn services.

People in our community, if they can find someone to mow the lawn, may find that the job was not considered to be sufficient.  I saw a code enforcement agent take his ruler and bring it to the side of the house, finding that there were patches of grass that exceeded the 10 inch limit, he issued a ticket.  
A professional lawn service would do a detailed job. These services which are simply a part of homeownership for the more affluent neighbors, are out of the price range for our residents.  

People in our neighborhood cannot afford to pay the standard ticket fee of 100$. This price tag would have an unfair negative effect on members of our neighborhood.  It could mean difficulty paying rent, electric, or buying food.
Those in affluent neighborhoods are able to pay this fee without it causing distress.

There are many other ways in which this reflects a social injustice towards those community members on a fixed income.  What I would like to see is the fee reduced to 15$.  This would be a deterrant, to be sure, but it wouldn't be a complete hardship that could take months, if not years to overcome.

Apparently, it is not as easy as I imagined, in this era of Equity, to find lawyers who will stand up to injustice.  Shame on them!