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As of February 1, 2017, the support campaign for this initiative raised $5,047,809.19, more than nine times what the opposition campaign had raised. Support - One hundred percent of the total contributions in support of this initiative were in-state donations provided by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Proposition 61 fueled the most expensive ballot measure battle in California and the nation in 2016. As of February 1, 2017, the opposition campaign, backed by several large pharmaceutical companies, received almost six times the contributions provided to the support campaign. No on Prop 61 raised $109,106,160.61, while Yes on Prop 61 and Consumer Watchdog - Yes on 61 received $19,170,609.60.
The ballot measure would have required local governments that adopt rent control to allow landlords to increase rental rates by 15 percent during the first three years following a vacancy.
State Totals 4,949,543 7,251,443 Percent 40.6% 59.4%
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)In the court of public opinion, Weinstein is still slammed for calling the HIV prevention drug PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) a "party drug," which people thought unfairly stigmatized the treatment. In fact, AHF dispenses PrEP after a medical checkup to ensure the client should take it and is advised about side effects and accompanying condom use, per medical protocol.
Opponents of Measure S accuse Weinstein of using millions in nonprofit money to pursue a personal grudge over a building that would block his office views. Weinstein, they say, is just another NIMBY obstructionist, restricting the supply of new housing and jacking up rents across the city...."Measure S is a blatant abuse of the resources of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, considering it has absolutely nothing to do with the mission of the organization," said Eisman, who worked closely with the foundation as part of a volunteer group until 2015. ... In an interview with The Times, Weinstein refused to say whether his nonprofit is bankrolling a lawsuit by Friends of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative seeking to overturn the city's approval of a 1,210-unit residential complex on Jefferson Boulevard. Weinstein also would not disclose whether his group is paying for a legal challenge against the Martin Cadillac project, which would bring offices, stores and 516 apartments to Olympic Boulevard on the Westside. In addition, he declined to say how many lawsuits over L.A. real estate development his group is funding. "Whatever we're doing is between us and our lawyers," he said.
AIDS Healthcare has a track record of challenging planning decisions at City Hall. It backed a ballot measure in 2017 to place new limits on large-scale development projects, which voters defeated. The group has also attempted to block the construction of high-rises in Hollywood, downtown and elsewhere.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Real estate development company Crescent Heights has been at odds with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation over its plans to build two towers next to the foundation headquarters on Sunset Boulevard. So far, Crescent Heights has contributed more than $2.5 million to oppose Measure S. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in turn, has chipped in more than $5.5 million to support it.
... the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has never been a significant voice advocating for more affordable housing and homeless housing in L.A. Nor has the group played a role in planning and land-use issues — at least not until a developer proposed building two 30-story towers right next to Weinstein's office.
The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation is currently collecting signatures for a measure to appear on the November 2020 statewide ballot that would, among other things, limit how much a landlord could increase rents when a new tenant moves in — something now prohibited under state law. Michael Weinstein, the foundation's president, opposed the rent cap legislation because he believed its protections were inadequate.
Proposition 21 - $125,436,982 - Supporters $40M - Supporters AIDS Healthcare Foundation $40,187,371 California Nurses Assn. $50,000 California Democratic Party $27,025
Weinstein has been excoriated for calling PrEP a "party drug," which was translated into his opposition to the drug. In fact, AHF dispenses PrEP after a medical checkup to ensure the client should take it and is advised about side-effects and accompanying condom use.
As for driving people away from condoms, the iPrEx researchers have found that giving people Truvada has not led to riskier behaviors. That's surprising, but it's explained in part by the fact that baseline condom use among gay men is already often poor, PrEP or no PrEP. While Mr. Weinstein and his foundation worry about damage to the condom culture, the failure of a condom culture to stop the epidemic among gay and bisexual men is one of the main reasons H.I.V. professionals are excited about PrEP.
AHF relies on the decades-old federal drug discount program designed to help hospitals and other healthcare nonprofits treat low-income patients. Known as 340B, it allows the organization to purchase prescriptions at a deep discount and charge public programs the standard amount. AHF has long argued that it spends 340B funds for their intended purpose and that the foundation is allowed to spend a certain percentage on political activity. But its spending on campaigns, a growing portfolio of property and to bring in paid consultants such as former California Senate Pro Tem Kevin de León, now a member of the Los Angeles City Council, has drawn persistent scrutiny.
The Healthy Housing Foundation has spent more than $183 million on the purchase and renovation of older properties in Los Angeles,...
Opponents of Measure S accuse Weinstein of using millions in nonprofit money to pursue a personal grudge over a building that would block his office views. Weinstein, they say, is just another NIMBY obstructionist, restricting the supply of new housing and jacking up rents across the city...."Measure S is a blatant abuse of the resources of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, considering it has absolutely nothing to do with the mission of the organization," said Eisman, who worked closely with the foundation as part of a volunteer group until 2015. ... In an interview with The Times, Weinstein refused to say whether his nonprofit is bankrolling a lawsuit by Friends of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative seeking to overturn the city's approval of a 1,210-unit residential complex on Jefferson Boulevard. Weinstein also would not disclose whether his group is paying for a legal challenge against the Martin Cadillac project, which would bring offices, stores and 516 apartments to Olympic Boulevard on the Westside. In addition, he declined to say how many lawsuits over L.A. real estate development his group is funding. "Whatever we're doing is between us and our lawyers," he said.
AIDS Healthcare has a track record of challenging planning decisions at City Hall. It backed a ballot measure in 2017 to place new limits on large-scale development projects, which voters defeated. The group has also attempted to block the construction of high-rises in Hollywood, downtown and elsewhere.
Real estate development company Crescent Heights has been at odds with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation over its plans to build two towers next to the foundation headquarters on Sunset Boulevard. So far, Crescent Heights has contributed more than $2.5 million to oppose Measure S. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, in turn, has chipped in more than $5.5 million to support it.
... the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has never been a significant voice advocating for more affordable housing and homeless housing in L.A. Nor has the group played a role in planning and land-use issues — at least not until a developer proposed building two 30-story towers right next to Weinstein's office.
State Totals 4,949,543 7,251,443 Percent 40.6% 59.4%
As for driving people away from condoms, the iPrEx researchers have found that giving people Truvada has not led to riskier behaviors. That's surprising, but it's explained in part by the fact that baseline condom use among gay men is already often poor, PrEP or no PrEP. While Mr. Weinstein and his foundation worry about damage to the condom culture, the failure of a condom culture to stop the epidemic among gay and bisexual men is one of the main reasons H.I.V. professionals are excited about PrEP.