Governor's budget cuts kill HIV/AIDS prevention funding - Daily Democrat Online

"An area hit particularly hard by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to close a $26 billion budget deficit was programs to help prevent and treat acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

AIDS is a disease that attacks the infected immune system, as a result of HIV.

'Several of the programs related to HIV/AIDs have been cut,' Joseph Iser Yolo County health officer said. 'We're still looking at the actual costs and what we will loose at the county level.'"