Reprint: CalMatters
By Jocelyn Wiener
Fallout from our state’s long history of breaking promises to people with serious mental illness is everywhere.
It can be found under our overpasses and in our tent encampments, but also inside our jails and prisons, our emergency rooms, our schools, our homes.
It flashes across our public opinion polls, which repeatedly list mental health as a top concern.
Increasingly, it makes its way into our political discourse. Referencing “our broken system,”…





