In an unprecedented move, the governor slashed more than $489 million from essential health and human services and programs this week. Included in these are roughly $82 million from HIV programs.

General funding for the following programs have been eliminated:

* HIV Education and Prevention - $24.6 million
* HIV Counseling and Testing - $8.2 million
* Therapeutic Monitoring - $8 million
* Housing - $1.09 million
* Home and Community-Based Care - $6.3 million
* Early Intervention - $7.3 million

Governor Schwarzenegger also made cuts to the following programs:

* Epidemiology & Surveillance - reduced by $1 million to $9.2 million.
* AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) - reduced by $25 million to $70.8 million. But the governor did allow $25 million to be shifted into the program from the ADAP rebate fund, almost guaranteeing shortfalls in ADAP next year.

the governor (who is facing a lawsuit as a result) took a blue pencil to the proposed budget, taking it upon himself to destroy social services (not just HIV services)

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