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California is a U.S. state spanning the southern half of the west coast. With a population of 37 million and an area of 158,402 square miles (410,000 km2), California is the largest U.S. state in population and the third largest in area.

The region was inhabited by Native Americans of Asian origin before European explorers started to make sporadic visitations during the 16th Century. California had the highest density and greatest diversity of indigenous peoples in what is now the United States. Spain colonized the coastal areas of the territory starting in 1769. As a result of the Mexican War of Independence, California became a part of the Mexican Republic in 1821. It was subsequently captured by the United States in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) which was concluded with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The California Gold Rush of 1848-1849 brought about 90,000 additional U.S. immigrants into the state, and California became the 31st state of the United States in 1850.

Although the state's sunny climate has given it a historic reputation for being laid back compared to the East Coast, the $1.55 trillion (as of 2005) California economy is larger than all but the top 7 national economies in the world * and is responsible for 13% of the United States' $13 trillion gross domestic product (GDP). The state's major predominant industries include agriculture, entertainment, light manufacturing, and tourism. California is also the home of several significant economic regions such as Hollywood (entertainment), the California Central Valley (agriculture), Silicon Valley (computers and high tech), and the Wine Country (wine).

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Aid For AIDS - Los-Angeles based organization providing funds for basic necessities such as housing, utilities, health insurance premiums. Event listings, general information, national and county resources.

AIDS Hotline of California - Extensive searchable database of hundreds of organizations providing HIV/AIDS services in California. A toll free telephone and TTY support line is offered. Site includes basic HIV information and volunteer opportunities.

AIDS Heathcare Foundation - The mission of AHF is to provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of your ability to pay. Twelve medical centers located in greater Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Meta Description: [ AIDS Healthcare Foundation ]

AIDS Project Los Angeles - A service for people with HIV and AIDS, includes list of events, and a newsletter.

AIDS Services Foundation Orange County - ASF serves people at all stages of HIV infection. Lists people-to-people services, education and prevention programs, and special events.
Meta Description: [ ASF serves people at all stages of HIV infection. Listing all of our nationally respected people-to-people services, education and prevention programs, as well as special events. 949/809-5700 ]

AIDS Support Network of San Luis Obispo - Dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals living with HIV disease and AIDS, as well as providing support for their families, friends, and loved ones.

AIDS Walk Events - Take your first step for AIDS Walk here. Link to AIDS Walk Orange County, and several other national AIDS Walk events.
Meta Description: [ Locate your local AIDS Walk event here in The AIDS Walk Finder National Directory. From AIDS Walk San Diego, to AIDS Walk New York. A free service of AIDS Walk Orange County. ]

APAIT - Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team - Provides relevant news, free HIV testing and educational resources for the Asian and Pacific Islander Communities. Offices in Los Angeles and Orange County CA.
Meta Description: [ APAIT positively affects the quality of life for Asian and Pacific Islanders living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS by providing a continuum of prevention, health and social services, community leadership and advocacy to the Southern California region. ]

Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center - Providing culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS education, support and prevention programs to the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Office located in San Francisco CA.

AUNTIE HELEN'S ON-LINE - Auntie Helen's provides free laundry pick-up and deliver service to people with HIV/AIDS in San Diego. Additional services include offering no cost clothing, medical and bedding items to people with AIDS in San Diego and Mexico.

BAY Positives - Bay Positives serves young people, age 26 and under, living with HIV live longer, happier and healthier lives. We provide emotional support services, case management, education, outreach, retreats and social events.

Being Alive Los Angeles - Bringing people living with HIV/AIDS out of seclusion into a supportive, self-empowering community.

Berkeley Free Clinic - HIV Prevention Services, provides resources for HIV prevention counseling, education and outreach.

BIENESTAR California location directory - Bienestar provides an array of HIV/Aids services in a supportive multi-cultural environment.

California ADAP Info - AIDS Drug Assistance Programs Information. Free or reduced cost medications for low income individuals with HIV/AIDS.
Meta Description: [ The page provides information on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program ]

California AIDS Drug Assistance Program Contact and Eligibility - Contact information for CA ADAP director, financial and medical eligibility criterias for the California ADAP.
Meta Description: [ Contact and eligibility information for the California AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), California Medicaid, California Medicare, California Patient Assistance Programs, California Medicare Part D, and financial and medical eligibility criterias for California ADAP, The Access Project, financ... ]

California Office of AIDS Home Page - Provides information about HIV, AIDS, services, AIDS statistics, and AIDS related California laws.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of the California Office of AIDS ]

Desert AIDS Project - Desert AIDS Project provides medical care and comprehensive support services to people living with HIV/AIDS in the desert community. Free, anonymous HIV testing is available, as well as counseling, home health services, legal assistance, and assistance with housing, medications, food, and re-employment.

Family Link - A Castro-area, San Francisco guest house for families visiting people with AIDS.

Fraternity House - Two licensed San Diego area care facilities for men and women disabled by HIV/AIDS. Contact the agency or Townspeople for availabilty and waiting list information.
Meta Description: [ Fraternity House, Inc. - Caring homes for men and women with AIDS ]

Gaylife of San Francisco - San Francisco program to promote gay men's sexual health and emotional well-being. Includes information about no cost HIV counseling, sexuality, safer sex, prevention, and workshops.

Health Initiatives for Youth - A unique partnership of youth and adults working together to increase access to, and the quality of, health care for young people in San Francisco.
Meta Description: [ Inexpensive, ad-free, responsible Internet hosting for progressive nonprofits, co-ops, artists, and other not-for-profit organizations and individuals ]

HIV InSite Gateway to HIV and AIDS Knowledge - In depth information from the University of California, San Francisco about AIDS research and news. Reliable and authoritative. Free HIV/AIDS textbook.

L.A. Shanti - Shanti provides support for people with HIV and other life threatening illnesses. Services include emotional support, weekend empowerment workshops, innovative prevention programs and volunteer training.
Meta Description: [ L.A. Shanti is a volunteer driven not for profit organization, dedicated to empowering individuals of diverse communities affected by HIV, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses through emotional support, prevention, and education services. ]

Marin AIDS Project - Helping the people of Marin County obtain the best quality HIV/AIDS services, information, education and support possible.
Meta Description: [ non-profit agency ]

National AIDS Update Conference - Annual conference sponsored by AMFAR; the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Meta Description: [ amfAR funds basic and clinical research on HIV/AIDS, distributes treatment and clinical trials information, including the HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory, sponsors HIV/AIDS education programs, supports HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, and advocates sound AIDS-related public policy. To support its missi... ]

Options Project of UCSF - Research study sponsored by the University of California San Francisco to learn about early HIV infection and transmission. Offers specialized testing and counseling services for persons experiencing flu-like symptoms after possible exposure to HIV.

Pets Are Loving Support (PALS) - An agency organized to improve the quality of life of people with AIDS by preserving and promoting the human/animal bond through the care and maintenance of their animal companions, serving Sonoma County.

Project Angel Food - Provide daily meals for people homebound or disabled by HIV/AIDS and other serious ilnesses. Los Angeles.

Project Open Hand - Nutrition services within San Francisco and Alameda counties.

Retroconference and Symposium - Yearly conference sponsored by the Foundation for Retrovirology and Human Health in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control.

Richmond Ermet AIDS Foundation - Dedicated to raising funds for San Francisco area AIDS service organizations through entertainment events. Events include Help is on the Way, Help is on the Way for the Holidays and One Night Only Cabaret events that include Broadway stars.

Rotary AIDS Project - Educates others by distributing the The Los Altos Story to promote involvement in the global fight against AIDS. Project started by the Rotary Club in Los Altos, CA.

San Diego AIDS Walk - Walk and run to benefit AIDS organizations, held in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
Meta Description: [ Established in 1989, AIDS Walk San Diego is San Diego's largest one-day HIV/AIDS fundraiser. Dozens of agencies - serving thousands of clients - rely on funds raised at the annual Walk to help provide essential prevention and care programs to thousands of men, women and children living with HIV/A... ]

San Diego HIV Consumer Council - A volunteer oversight committee that seeks to support and improve the quality of care and treatment services affecting the lives of individuals living with HIV/AIDS. They accomplish this through advocacy, outreach, support and education.
Meta Description: [ consumer protection credit reports guides cameras skin care product review ]

San Francisco AIDS Foundation - Information, referral and advocacy for services including medical care, social support, legal issues and counseling.
Meta Description: [ The San Francisco AIDS Foundation offers services and information about HIV/AIDS treatments, prevention, testing, risk factors, research, clinical trials, volunteering, activism, donating and free hotline. ]

San Francisco AIDS Walk - A ten kilometer fundraising walkathon starting and ending at Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco STD/HIV Prevention Training Center - Organization funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Meta Description: [ Comprehensive and reliable information on HIV/AIDS prevention from the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University of California San Francisco. Free fact sheets, manuals, reports, monographs, newsletters, survey instruments, intervention curricula and more. Listing of all CAPS research ... ]

Santa Cruz AIDS Project - An agency providing effective HIV prevention strategies, advocacy, and comprehensive support services for people living with HIV and all those affected by the epidemic.

SCARF - The Santa Cruz AIDS Research Foundation, a charity whose mission is to end the AIDS epidemic through biochemical research projects.
Meta Description: [ The research goals, methods, and organization of the non-profit Institute for Applied Biomedicine. Also includes information on how to support the Institute. ]

SFAF Pledge Office - Pledge office of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Current fundraising events calendar and descriptions.
Meta Description: [ The San Francisco AIDS Foundation's How To Make A Donation page features secure on-line donation capability and describes other ways you can support the organization's vital programs. ]

Shanti - Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, improving the well-being, and promoting the independence of people living with HIV disease and AIDS in San Francisco.
Meta Description: [ SHANTI, 730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, tel: (415) 674-4700 fax (415) 674-0370. A synopsis of programs. ]

Shanti Aids Services - Shanti offers a continuum of services designed to meet the practical and emotional support needs of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Meta Description: [ SHANTI, 730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, tel: (415) 674-4700 fax (415) 674-0370. A synopsis of programs. ]

Special Delivery of San Diego - Serving meals directly to the HIV/AIDS challenged since 1991. The project offers a personal contact and delivers food to over 150 people daily.

Stepping Stone of San Diego - Provides services for those who are affected by alcoholism and/or drug abuse and living with HIV/AIDS.
Meta Description: [ Stepping Stone of San Diego provides alcohol and other drug treatment services to the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender communities of San Diego County. ]

500 The Center for Aids Services - Providing information about services, programs, events, and affiliations relating to persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and other life threatening diseases. Based in Oakland, CA. Early on, The Center was considered to serve as an AIDS ministry model for dioceses and churches.
Meta Description: [ The Center is home to clients living with HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. It is a place where clients are able to receive vital services as well as feel welcomed as part of a family. As one of our clients so succinctly put it, 'If The Center didn't exist, I don't know how I would.' ]

The Genard AIDS Foundation - Serving people with AIDS/HIV and their loved ones in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties.

The Heart Touch Project - Southern California based, non-profit, educational and service organization devoted to the care of non-ambulatory AIDS patients through the healing touch of massage therapy.
Meta Description: [ The Heart Touch Project is a non-profit, educational and service organization devoted to the delivery of compassionate and healing touch to homebound or hospitalized men, women and children. ]

The Serra Project Housing and Support Services - A non-profit agency that operates three HIV/AIDS group homes in Los Angeles county. A second program; CHOISS offers units that are leased to offer housing to those capable of independent living.
Meta Description: [ Providing homes and hope for adults and children living with HIV/AIDS ]

Townspeople - A non-profit organization dedicated to the housing needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in San Diego. The agency owns and operates independent living apartments and serves as the housing referral contact for consumers and case managers.

UCSF AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital - Provides local services and diverse research and education programs. Extensive training for doctors and clinicians who assist people with HIV.

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