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Before the latest accident left him critically injured, Mark Rippee ate a snack of rolls and coffee on November 22, 2019 in Vallejo. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

After accident they warned about, sisters of mentally ill man blame the state — and beg governor to act

by Jocelyn Wiener February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

Everyone around Mark Rippee – a homeless man with a brain injury and paranoid schizophrenia — saw this coming. Nobody managed to stop it.

Mark Rippee, who developed schizophrenia after a traumatic brain injury, has been living on the streets for years

“We’ve lost our compass.” For California’s most visible mentally ill, is a return to forced treatment a solution — or a false promise?

by Jocelyn Wiener December 30, 2019September 17, 2020