2009: Silence Still Equals Death
June 25, 2009
Question: What does San Francisco’s Democratic Mayor and California’s Republican Governor have in common?
Answer: They just signed death warrants for people with AIDS and HIV.
Mayor’s budget: 2009-10 budget proposals
HIV Health Services: $370,780 reduction.
10% reduction in HIV/AIDS Housing Subsidy Funding: $559,360 (increases rent contribution of tenant).
HIV Prevention reduction: $289,049.
HIV benefit counseling and advocacy: $230,133. 3,192 clients affected.
HIV Prevention – outreach and testing contract reductions: $283,332.
(4,397 clients affected).
Mid-year HIV/AIDS prevention/testing/education/risk reduction cuts of $565,860 eliminated services for 2,048 unduplicated clients.
Governor’s budget proposal HIV/AIDS cuts:
Proposed reduction of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) of
$12.3 million in state general funds
Proposed elimination of the Office of AIDS Therapeutic
Monitoring Program (reduction of $8 million in state general funds)
Proposed elimination of Office of AIDS local programs: HIV
Counseling and Testing (reduction of $8.2 million state general funds), Early Intervention Projects (reduction of $7.4 million state general funds), Home and Community-Based Care (reduction of $6.3 million state general funds), Epidemiologic Studies and Surveillance (reduction of $8.6 million state general funds) and Housing (reduction of $1.093 million state general funds)
Proposed elimination of all state general funding for Office of
AIDS/state operations (total reduction of $3.4 million)
Proposed elimination of the HIV Education and Prevention Program
(total reduction of $24.6 million in state general funds)
