
Barbara Grasso has always fought for constitutional rights. But the 78-year-old former workers’ rights lawyer never thought she’d have to do so in her retirement home.
Grasso was the president of the residents’ association at Casa de Los Amigos, a 136-unit independent senior living center on Catalina Avenue in Redondo Beach, until its disbandment at the end of last year — a dissolution she says was encouraged by Casa management. In an effort to revive the association, early this summer she posted flyers on bulletin boards throughout the complex.

