A nonprofit affordable housing developer that has received $40 million in public funding over the last five years and provides housing and services to 1,900 tenants has mishandled its finances, may have failed to provide critical social services to some residents and has an ineffective system for monitoring the safety
Star Wars fans, check out the Charity Folks Web site (https://www01.charityfolks.com) for a slew of autographed memorabilia from past and present stars of the series going to benefit Artists for a New South Africa , a nonprofit organization working in the United States and South Africa to combat HIV/AIDS, assi
Starting its 12th year, the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation will hold Help Is on the Way, a concert featuring Rita Moreno (above) and several other performers. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The event also includes a silent auction and a post-performance par
Embryonic stem cells and gene therapy, two controversial fields of medical research, together could pave the way for new, effective treatments for HIV, still one of the greatest health crises the world is facing. A presentation by three HIV/AIDS researchers during the monthly meeting of the California Institute for Reg
REDWOOD CITY - The county s award-winning AIDS program turned 20 years old this year. County supervisors honored the program with an emotional ceremony Tuesday, San Mateo Medical Center spokesman Dave Hook said. The program is a joint effort between the medical center and the county health department, and began with a
Well, it looks like this whole Soul of San Francisco shtick keeps sprouting legs faster than you can count them. For instance, the following listing from craigslist was sent in from the field, entitled Are You A San Francisco Icon? Tell Me Why? This listing then reads, I m looking for San Francisco icons for an event (
SAN FRANCISCO - After months of legal battles over control of the giant AIDS Memorial Quilt that began in San Francisco two decades ago, founder Cleve Jones says he s returning to The City with few financial benefits from a wrongful-termination lawsuit against an Atlanta-based foundation that now controls the project.
The Event: The kickoff party for the 10th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival benefiting Project Open Hand, which serves meals and delivers groceries to critically ill people, seniors and those living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco and Alameda counties. The Venue: Ghirardelli Square at the corner of Beach and
A pot of federal funds that provides treatment and drugs for about 11,000 AIDS patients in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties could be slashed by one-fourth or more over the next five years under a new proposal by the Bush administration, city officials said. AIDS activists and city officials said the changes
In response to objections by community members as well as several supervisors over proposed budget cuts to AIDS funding for next year, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Sunday that as much as $1.5 million for AIDS/HIV-related services previously on the chopping block would remain in the 2005-06 budget. The funds will be use
Crystal methamphetamine users in San Francisco are three times as likely as their sober counterparts to be infected with HIV - and four times more likely to get the disease if they are high during sex, according to a study released this month. The study, conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and P
Doctors working within San Francisco s budding biotech corridor are researching a new HIV treatment that helps find and eliminate hidden infected cells - a possible step in curing the deadly infection. Researchers at Mission Bay s The Gladstone Institutes are using novel drugs to wake up dormant HIV cells that appear i
REDWOOD CITY — Supervisors will vote Tuesday on whether to endorse a state law allowing county drugstores to sell 10 or fewer syringes without a prescription. The controversial law, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in September, also includes requirements that pharmacies selling syringes offer safe disposal program
Last-minute negotiations between Mayor Gavin Newsom s office and the Board of Supervisors netted an additional $1 million for AIDS-related projects and hundreds of thousands of dollars more for youth programs, economic development grants and other city projects. The late deals still must be approved at today s Board of
San Francisco Architect David Baker s work ethic can be summed up in two words - obsessively creative. Baker, whose firm, David Baker + Partners Architects, recently designed the stylish, 98-unit affordable housing complex at Folsom and Dore streets, explains that his work provides the true adventure of his life.
In response to objections by community members as well as several supervisors over proposed budget cuts to AIDS funding for next year, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Sunday that as much as $1.5 million for AIDS/HIV-related services previously on the chopping block would remain in the 2005-06 budget. The funds will be use
Though they re 20 years past their Creedence Clearwater Revival heyday, drummer Doug Cosmo Clifford and bassist Stu Cook are still rocking. The pair s latest group, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, appears June 26 at Camp Arroyo Meadow in Livermore as a benefit for the Taylor Family Foundation. The foundation sends crit
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush met earlier this week, establishing an accord on debt relief for African nations. Despite the debt cancellation and an agreement from the president to give an additional $647 million in aid to Africa, it wasn t as big an input as Blair would have liked toward the $24
A plan to raise San Francisco s sales tax by a quarter percent is once again being proposed, this time to prop up The City s ailing public health care system. Although voters solidly rejected a similar sales tax hike at the ballot box during the last election, Supervisor Chris Daly introduced an ordinance to the Board
An apparent $15 million drop in AIDS funding in next year s proposed budget had city officials scrambling Thursday, with one supervisor raising his hackles while the mayor s staff maintained that the figure was wrong and only $3 million less would be spent in this year s budget. The confrontation arose when a huge disc
Calling his $5.3 billion spending plan for next year a pretty good budget, Mayor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday said he was pleased that improving finances had allowed him to avoid many cuts but said he wants to keep a lid on long-term spending. I m not sure that more is always better, he said at his budget presentation, noti
A proposed state constitutional amendment to regulate California s new stem cell institute will undergo significant changes after the author of the bill and the chair of the institute met this week and reached some tentative compromises. Senate bill 13, which could possibly be placed on November ballot, would strengthe
SADLY, not much has changed since August 1992, when then-Vice President Dan Quayle gave his tragic speech condemning the TV sitcom Murphy Brown. Bearing babies irresponsibly is, simply, wrong, he said piously. But wait, it gets better: It doesn t help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who suppose
If you ve ever wanted to turn wine grapes into juice, you can get your chance on Friday at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco. A grape-stomping competition is part of the festivities from 11:30 a.m.-1: 30 p.m., benefiting Project Open Hand. To participate, just show up; advance registration is not required The event
San Francisco will be the center of stem cell research in California - and possibly the nation - after beating out nine other cities in the heated competition to house the state s new stem cell institute. The $3 billion public agency is the only voter-approved, taxpayer-funded state agency of its kind, and today s anno
SAN MATEO - The AIDS program at the San Mateo County Medical Center was awarded $2 million Monday by the University of California AIDS Research Program. There are several projects we could use the money for, said Dr. Dennis Israelski, the center s research director. One possibility would be to try developing an earlier
A study published today by UC San Francisco s Dr. Warner Greene may lead to new therapies for HIV and AIDS. Dr. Greene, director of the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, and his laboratory discovered why some CD4 T-cells - the main target of HIV - are able to fend off the virus, while othe
Registered pharmacies can now sell syringes Today is the first time San Francisco pharmacies are able to sell syringes without a prescription, under a new law passed by the Board of Supervisors last month. Under the law, pharmacies registered with The City s program may sell up to 10 syringes to an adult without a pres
Sixth Street is getting ready for its close-up. Alongside actors Rosario Dawson and Taye Diggs, the downtrodden skid row will star in the big-screen version of the Broadway musical Rent. In the movie, the stretch of Sixth between Market and Mission streets will portray Manhattan s Lower East Side, circa 1985. The row o
As The City touts a drop in homelessness, tenant advocates fear thousands of people on government assistance could lose their homes after the federal agency overseeing housing lowered the amount it will pay towards rentals in San Francisco. People such as Kim Raasch, a 40-year-old living with AIDS, may see the portion
Intravenous drug users looking to buy clean needles would be able to walk into any Walgreens or Rite Aid pharmacy under a new law the Board of Supervisors City Operations and Neighborhoods Committee passed Monday. The law, which now goes before the full board, would allow people 18 and older to purchase up to 10 needle
Laguna Honda Hospital will use a $50,000 grant to begin training staff to transition its more able patients back into the community in preparation for the hospital s move into new facilities over the next six years. The new grant will allow the hospital to develop new strategies for patient release and to increase reha
In 2001, Danish economist Bjorn Lomborg enraged the environmental community by publishing his book The Skeptical Environmentalist, which claims the planet is not in as dire a condition as many would have us believe. With the Kyoto Protocol aimed at curbing global warming set to take effect next week, Lomborg spoke with
One of the main forces behind the recall of former Gov. Gray Davis is now leading a state petition drive to restrict sex education in public schools. Tony Andrade is pushing forward an initiative that would amend California s education laws to eliminate any discussion of sexuality from elementary-age classrooms and req
Local artist Tim Gaskin culls influences from film, music, fashion, politics and advertising and combines them to create strikingly color-rich and noticeably Warhol-esque portraits of contemporary pop-culture icons. Gaskin s Superstar Collection, which features famous faces pulled from the covers of supermarket checkou
Sandra Hernandez, M.D. is CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, an organization that administers more than $65 million a year in grants to other Bay Area nonprofits. The majority of the $65 million is raised through private donations. Hernandez came to the Foundation in 1997 after serving three years as director of San
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