A broken mental health system has kept a Long Beach father locked up without a trial, his family says

By Jacob Sisneros for Long Beach PostOriginally published on August 19, 2026A Long Beach man accused of starting a small fire in a dumpster has spent the last year locked in a state mental hospital without any chance to prove his innocence.

Worried that he’ll never get his day in court, Kaizann Guerrero’s family is accelerating their efforts to draw attention to his case.

Guerrero, a 43-year-old man with schizophrenia, was managing his condition well until his life was derailed by a justice system ill-equipped to handle him, according to his mother, Karina Guerrero…

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