LOS ANGELES, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dozens of community members and AIDS advocates including entertainer Sheryl Lee Ralph are expected to attend this morning's Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' meeting to speak out against a proposed $1.1 million LA County funding cut to Carl Bean House, the only AIDS hospice in Los Angeles. The proposed funding cutback, which was initially set to be voted on by the Supervisors this morning (Agenda item #15) and take effect immediately, would reduce County funding for the facility from roughly $1.7 million annually to $624,000 -- a move that would all but certainly have forced the facility to close.
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Due to its location, the Carl Bean House, which is located in the West Adams District at the very northern end of South Central Los Angeles, primarily serves African American and Latino populations. Carl Bean House is run by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest AIDS organization in the US which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Central America and Asia.
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