AIDS ACTIVISTS PROTEST CLUB RETREAT.Byline: Michelle Rester Staff Writer AIDS activists are protesting the county's HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Commission, which they say is spending $25,000 of federal AIDS dollars for a yacht yacht: see motorboating; sailing. yacht Sail- or motor-driven vessel used for racing or recreation. The term is popularly applied to large recreational engine-powered boats; the sailboats known as yachts and used for racing are usually light and club retreat. The two-day gathering begins today at the Portofino Hotel and Yacht Club in Redondo Beach Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , which books rooms during the week for $159-$200 a night. The co-chairwoman of the 50-member appointed commission says the meeting is an annual event - and that members, who will be treated to two days' worth of breakfasts, lunches and dinners and a one-night stay, need this outing to develop work plans and timelines for the upcoming year. The concerns come weeks after the county's auditor-controller issued a report that showed there was at least the appearance of conflicts of interest among the HIV Commission, which prioritizes how the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Office of AIDS Programs and Policy should spend about $80 million a year in federal AIDS dollars. The group regularly meets for four to six hours or more one day a month, and then more frequently in subdivided committees. ``We want to make sure we begin early in the day, get started, get people into committees and ... ensure works get done,'' co-chairwoman Nettie De Augustine said. Some of the commission members, however, say they would rather see the thousands of dollars go to needed services for people living with HIV and AIDS than to spend it at what they say is one of the most expensive hotels in the area. The county makes conference rooms available for free for all of its commissions. ``I think it is unacceptable, (especially) when people from the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley and people from the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. and people from the black community don't receive the help they need,'' said commissioner Genevieve Clavreul, of Pasadena, who plans to write a check to the county for her share of the hotel room and meals. |
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