Press coverage - Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH) lawsuit
Press releases:
- Groundbreaking Settlement Agreement with San Francisco: New Housing and Community Services Created for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities, 9/18/08
- Laguna Honda Press Release, 11/27/07
- Laguna Honda Residents Sue San Francisco for Discrimination, 10/13/06
Press coverage:
- Justice for All, 9/19,08 - Groundbreaking Settlement in San Fran: New Housing & Community Services
- Examiner.com, 11/28/07 - Settlement may lead to more housing for disabled
- San Francisco Chronicle, 11/28/07 - S.F. to subsidize 500 housing units for people leaving Laguna Honda
- KQED, 9/10/07 - PAI Attorney Elizabeth Zirker and Mark Chambers, lead plaintiff in Laguna Honda Hospital case, interviewed on KQED
- San Francisco Business Times, 8/31/07 - Sticker shock at Laguna Honda - business press cites astronomical costs of Laguna Honda Hospital rebuild. PAI recommends substitution of small community-based options
- City Star, 8/28/07 - Evolution of city's oldest nursing home continues - City Star quotes PAI's feasibility report on Laguna Honda Hospital rebuild
- Wall Street Journal, 5/7/07 - Battle on Home Front: San Francisco's Massive New Nursing Facility Draws a Fight as Institutions Lose Favor
- Wall Street Journal, 5/7/07 - Q&A: Lawyers for Elderly, Disabled Explain Their Laguna Honda Fight
- KPFA Evening News, 2/20/07 - In a report on the Laguna Honda Hospital lawsuit, PAI attorney Elizabeth Zirker detailed how "People with disabilities prefer home and community based services over nursing facilities, and it's also the law that people have the right to live in the most integrated settings."
- AARP, February 2007 - Nursing Home Residents Want to Get Out and Live on Their Own
- KCBS News examines spiraling costs of Laguna Honda - Elizabeth Zirker of PAI finds it an isolated place to live ...
- San Francisco Business Times, 10/13/06 - Patients sue Laguna Honda Hospital
- San Francisco Business Times, 12/2/05 - The $600M question: Will S.F. waste its money on Laguna Honda?
- San Francisco Chronicle, 7/28/05 - Shrinking Laguna Honda
- AARP, June 2004 - Suing to Get Out in the World