Imagine living in a 1200 bed nursing facility, over half those beds in wards with 30 people in the same room.

Imagine being told that they will be tearing the building down - ONLY to be told they are going to rebuild it.

Imagine the wealthiest areas in the country being willing to spend almost $300 per day to keep ONE person in this warehouse of "caring" (over $130 million per year for these 1,200 people) but fighting over implementing people’s right to live and receive services at less than half that cost in the community.

Imagine that community not even bothering to apply for all the housing subsidies available that could give some of these individuals a choice to live in the community.

Imagine EVERY progressive politician, union, church group and others

supporting a $299 million bond package to assist in the rebuilding. With interest, this bond package will end up costing over $600 million. And the city and state are putting in even more money, beyond financing the bond package!

Imagine EVERY disability group in the area being opposed to that bond package BUT being ignored by these same politicians, unions, church groups and the voting public.

THIS IS THE "NIGHTMARE AT LAGUNA HONDA"

Unfortunately this is not just a bad dream. It is the reality of what is today going on in San Francisco, California. Laguna Honda, "The World's Largest Nursing Facility", will be rebuilt with hundreds of millions of public dollars and will then have to continue to house over a thousand people with disabilities.

Why? Is there anything we can do to stop it?

ADAPT believes the people united will never be defeated. All things are possible, even stopping the rebuilding of Laguna Honda and redirecting the money to community alternatives. Hundreds of ADAPT activists from throughout the country will be in the birthplace of the independent living movement - the San Francisco Bay Area - from Saturday, October 20th to Thursday, October 25th to send a message to Californians and to the country "Tear Down the Walls"!

Just Say No to Laguna Honda! Tear Down the Walls!

The irony of the "Laguna Honda Nightmare" is that while the rest of the country is attempting to implement the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, California/San Francisco -- the very cradle of the independent living movement -- is rebuilding a nursing facility that many in the disability rights community believes violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the Supreme Court decision.

If you want to join us in changing the "Laguna Honda Nightmare" into "Real Choice! - A Dream Come True" please make plans for San Francisco today.

For information call National ADAPT 303/733-9324 or email us at adapt@adapt.org
website: www.adapt.org

For room reservations call 303/733-9324 - ask for Tisha or email her at MCUNNINGHAM53@home.com.