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Our policy and advocacy team champions evidence-based policies at the local, state and federal levels, fighting every day to protect the health justice of people in our community. Together with partner organizations and community members, we shape legislation and funding for programs and policies that affect us all.
We focus on policies and funding for HIV prevention and care, sexually-transmitted infection and hepatitis C prevention and treatment, PrEP, harm reduction initiatives including supervised consumption sites, access to healthcare and healthcare affordability, housing and homelessness prevention, and more.
We fight for policies that improve access to quality, affordable health care, and other initiatives that improve public health.
We advocate for policies and practices that improve the health and lives of people who use substances.
We work to improve the housing landscape in San Francisco to reach a day when nobody is left without a place to call home.
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increase in Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA)
letters sent to Governor Brown in support of AB 186
increase in HIV prevention funding in California
SAN FRANCISCO, October 2, 2019 — US District Judge Gerald A McHugh ruled just hours ago...
When we achieve health justice, people in our community will have the economic, social and political power and resources to make decisions about their bodies and health--regardless of identities and experiences.
Activists Luisa Rivera and Harry Breaux share how they got involved in HIV activism, and how they are sparking change by sharing their stories.
A new regulation expands criteria that can be used to determine whether an immigrant is or is likely to be a public charge based on their use of public programs for food, housing and health care.
Harm reduction activist Laura Thomas joins SFAF and plans to get you involved to advance policies to improve the health of people who use drugs.
In late June, Governor Newsom signed his first state budget after months of negotiation with the legislature. Here’s how our budget agenda fared and what it means about California’s progress on ending the epidemics.
PrEP advocate Damon L. Jacobs explains why agency -- the personal freedom of choice and equal access -- is critical and how access to information and research is an essential component.
The 2019-20 Budget signed today by Governor Newsom includes limited investments in HIV, HCV and STDs, despite an escalating public health crisis impacting the state's most vulnerable residents.
Director, State Health Care Policy
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415-487-8049
adonnelly@sfaf.org
Director, Legislative Affairs
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415-487-3096
ehopkins@sfaf.org
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415-487-3096
ehopkins@sfaf.org
Director, Legislative Affairs
Ernest Hopkins leads the San Francisco AIDS Foundation national policy and legislative activities at the federal administrative and congressional levels, seeking appropriate levels of resource and sound public health policies that promote the health and wellness of San Franciscans living with and at risk for HIV.
Ernest marked 20 years at SFAF in 2017 having led federal policy and legislative activities since 1997. Prior to joining SFAF, Ernest was the director of health and treatment at the National Association for People with AIDS (NAPWA) in Washington, DC where he led clinical trial review and consultation at the inception of HIV antiretroviral development and availability, advocating for safety, effectiveness and affordability. Ernest leads and has led national advocacy coalitions like the National Black Gay Men's Advocacy Coalition (NBGMAC) and the Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR). He has testified before congressional committees and advised Congress on legislative initiatives, earning him the Congressional Black Caucus's Leadership Award.
Senior Director, Policy & Strategy
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415-487-8008
cpearson@sfaf.org
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415-487-8008
cpearson@sfaf.org
Senior Director, Policy & Strategy
Courtney Mulhern-Pearson, M.P.H. is responsible for directing local and statewide policy work at San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Courtney leads partnership opportunities related to health care reform and advocates for full funding of vital HIV care and prevention programs in the California and San Francisco budgets as well as legislation to assure appropriate state and local policy responses to the HIV epidemic.
Prior to joining SFAF, Courtney worked at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the implementation of Medicare Part D, with a focus on transitioning people with HIV and providing outreach to their providers. She received her master's in public health with an emphasis on health policy from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
Manager, Community Mobilization
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415-487-8010
astone@sfaf.org
Director, Harm Reduction Policy
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415-487-3034
lthomas@sfaf.org
We work in coalition with community leaders, policymakers and other community organizations to ensure that voices of the community are heard in the halls of power. Our impact is greater when we are locked arm in arm together. We’re proud to serve as a member of these coalitions:
AIDS United, California Hepatitis Alliance (CalHep), California HIV Alliance, Care4AllCA, Coalition on Human Needs, Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR) Coalition, EndHepC SF, Federal AIDS Policy Partnership (FAPP), Harm Reduction Coalition, HIV/AIDS Provider Network (HAPN), Homeless Emergency Service Providers Association (HESPA), Human Services Network, Medicaid Coalition, National AIDS Housing Coalition, National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition, National Coalition on LGBT Health, National Coalition on Low Income Housing, Our City Our Home Coalition, San Francisco HIV Frontline Organizers Network (SF HIV FOG), SAVE for All Campaign, The Food is Medicine Coalition, and Yes to SCS California.