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'Relentless Outreach': The State That Doesn't Give Up on Mentally Ill Residents

One Thanksgiving, while most families gathered around dinner tables, Janina Estrada cruised the neighborhoods of Orange, California, searching for her 42-year-old son Jimmy Barela in the rain. For nearly two decades, he had cycled through schizophrenia, addiction, diabetes, homelessness and psychiatric crises. She knew his usual sleeping spot: behind the dumpster at Jack in the Box. Sometimes he would run from her. But in October 2023, Estrada b…
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Reasons to be Cheerful broke the news on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
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