Settlement OKs Laguna Honda Renovation
SAN FRANCISCO, DEC. 26, 2003 -- Aging San Francisco institution Laguna Honda will be rebuilt, despite the lawsuit filed by disability advocates three years ago to prevent just that. In a settlement reached earlier this week, San Francisco, which runs the aging institution, agreed to create a process for screening and assessment and discharge planning taht will in theory give residents and potential residents a choice of receiving services in their homes rather than in the institution "pending available funding."