Health Commission approves minutes, honors Dr. Lisa Golden and clears Laguna Honda gift fund amid public concern over admissions and staffing
October 03, 2023 | San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California
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At its Oct. 3 meeting, the San Francisco Health Commission approved routine business items and addressed public concerns about Laguna Honda Hospital staffing and admissions policy.
The commission approved the minutes of the Sept. 19 meeting after a public commenter raised questions about long‑term oversight of Laguna Honda and whether the department planned recurring contract renewals with the Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG). The commenter asked, “Is that your solution to increasing oversight of Laguna Honda?” and requested clarity about the department’s long‑term plan to avoid past mismanagement.
The commission unanimously approved a resolution honoring Dr. Lisa Golden for more than three decades of service at the Department of Public Health. Deputy Director Navina Bhabha and Director Grant Colfax praised Golden’s leadership in embedding Lean principles across the department; Dr. Golden thanked the commission and offered brief remarks at the microphone prior to a voice vote.
Lily Conover, Laguna Honda’s chief financial officer, presented the hospital’s gift fund financials: FY23 revenue about $21,000 (mostly interest), FY23 expenditures roughly $203,000, and a gift fund balance “well over $2,000,000.” The commission moved to approve the proposed gift fund budget and the item passed by voice vote.
Public commenters pressed for transparency on recruitment for Laguna Honda’s medical director and details about recruiting invoices paid to Berkeley Search Consultants. One caller asked whether Berkeley Search Consultants was paid two invoices and whether additional recruiting invoices had been received. Another clinician warned that admitting patients with uncontrolled behavioral issues to Laguna Honda’s congregate facility could jeopardize safety: “Laguna Honda is not a mental health facility,” she said.
The meeting closed with the consent calendar and other routine committee reports approved by the commission and an adjournment by voice vote.
Votes at a glance:
- Approval of minutes (Sept. 19, 2023): motion made and approved by voice vote; no recorded dissent.
- Resolution honoring Dr. Lisa Golden: moved, seconded, approved by voice vote; no recorded dissent.
- Laguna Honda Hospital gift fund budget: moved, seconded, approved by voice vote; no recorded dissent.
- Consent calendar (multiple items; one contract pulled for later reintroduction): moved, seconded, approved by voice/roll‑call; unanimous approval recorded.
What’s next: callers sought follow‑up information about the status of Laguna Honda’s medical director recruitment and invoices to Berkeley Search Consultants; commissioners did not adopt specific new directives in the meeting but requested continued transparency.
The commission approved the minutes of the Sept. 19 meeting after a public commenter raised questions about long‑term oversight of Laguna Honda and whether the department planned recurring contract renewals with the Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG). The commenter asked, “Is that your solution to increasing oversight of Laguna Honda?” and requested clarity about the department’s long‑term plan to avoid past mismanagement.
The commission unanimously approved a resolution honoring Dr. Lisa Golden for more than three decades of service at the Department of Public Health. Deputy Director Navina Bhabha and Director Grant Colfax praised Golden’s leadership in embedding Lean principles across the department; Dr. Golden thanked the commission and offered brief remarks at the microphone prior to a voice vote.
Lily Conover, Laguna Honda’s chief financial officer, presented the hospital’s gift fund financials: FY23 revenue about $21,000 (mostly interest), FY23 expenditures roughly $203,000, and a gift fund balance “well over $2,000,000.” The commission moved to approve the proposed gift fund budget and the item passed by voice vote.
Public commenters pressed for transparency on recruitment for Laguna Honda’s medical director and details about recruiting invoices paid to Berkeley Search Consultants. One caller asked whether Berkeley Search Consultants was paid two invoices and whether additional recruiting invoices had been received. Another clinician warned that admitting patients with uncontrolled behavioral issues to Laguna Honda’s congregate facility could jeopardize safety: “Laguna Honda is not a mental health facility,” she said.
The meeting closed with the consent calendar and other routine committee reports approved by the commission and an adjournment by voice vote.
Votes at a glance:
- Approval of minutes (Sept. 19, 2023): motion made and approved by voice vote; no recorded dissent.
- Resolution honoring Dr. Lisa Golden: moved, seconded, approved by voice vote; no recorded dissent.
- Laguna Honda Hospital gift fund budget: moved, seconded, approved by voice vote; no recorded dissent.
- Consent calendar (multiple items; one contract pulled for later reintroduction): moved, seconded, approved by voice/roll‑call; unanimous approval recorded.
What’s next: callers sought follow‑up information about the status of Laguna Honda’s medical director recruitment and invoices to Berkeley Search Consultants; commissioners did not adopt specific new directives in the meeting but requested continued transparency.
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