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The 25-bed hospice-the first of three operated by AHF, including the Carl Bean House and Linn House, which opened in 19, respectively-provided 24-hour medical and palliative care to people living through the final stages of AIDS. Meyer, who also served as Treasurer of the AIDS Hospice Committee, was honored in 1987 by the Los Angeles AIDS Hospice Committee with its 'Heart of Gold Award' for her early work in the effort to formulate AIDS hospice care in Los Angeles. The group began converting a facility in Elysian Park that had been Barlow's old nursing quarters into Chris Brownlie Hospice -the County's first AIDS hospice-which was named in Brownlie's honor when it first opened December 26, 1988. Following an emotional plea for hospice care to Los Angeles County Commission on AIDS, which included the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, they secured a $2 million commitment to AIDS care on the grounds of the Barlow Respiratory Hospital. Members of the inaugural AIDS Hospice Committee-Brownlie, Weinstein, Myer, Raphael, Paul Coleman and others-negotiated for the opening of Chris Brownlie Hospice by protesting and picketing of then-Supervisor Mike Antonovich's home. They co-founded the Los Angeles AIDS Hospice Committee, which was the catalyst for the AIDS Hospice Foundation that we know today as the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. In 1987, activists Chris Brownlie, Michael Weinstein, Sharon Raphael, PhD, Mina Meyer, MA, and other advocates were among the earliest champions of the AIDS hospice movement. History Early years: AIDS Hospice Foundation and Chris Brownlie Hospice

Regarding the housing initiatives, critics have questioned whether the group is misusing foundation and taxpayer money by sponsoring ballot initiatives they consider unrelated to the stated mission of the organization. Since 2017, the organization has shifted its political focus to attempting to block housing construction through lawsuits against many new projects, as well as an initiative seeking to block local development in Los Angeles ( 2017 Los Angeles Measure S), and two seeking to allow for the expansion of rent control in California ( 2018 California Proposition California Proposition 21) these three failed at the polls. They also ran two measures seeking to cap prescription drug prices ( California Proposition 61 (2016) and Ohio Issue 2 (2017)), both of which failed. Under the leadership of founder and president Michael Weinstein, AHF has since 2012 become highly active in sponsoring and exclusively financing multiple high profile ballot initiatives in two states, starting with a successful Los Angeles County initiative to require condoms in adult films ( Measure B), and then a similar statewide initiative which failed ( 2016 California Proposition 60). The organization's aim is to end the AIDS epidemic by ensuring access to quality healthcare and promoting policies that prioritize HIV prevention and treatment. These facilities offer various services, including HIV testing, counseling, antiretroviral therapy, and other essential healthcare interventions. As of 2022, it operates about 400 clinics, 64 outpatient healthcare centers, 48 pharmacies, and 20 Out of the Closet thrift stores across 15 US states and 45 countries, with more than 5,000 employees, and provides care to more than 1.7 million patients. AIDS Healthcare Foundation ( AHF) is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and advocacy services.