Events in the news this week.
Following the lead of other California counties, the Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider an ordinance prohibiting job and housing discrimination against victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Orange County is one of the last in the state with a substantial number of AIDS victims to draft such a law. A special citizens committee took 18 months to formulate the ordinance, which is expected to win unanimous passage from the five supervisors. The county’s AIDS anti-discrimination law differs from others because it does not include language dealing with sexual preference and life style. The county’s ordinance deals only with discrimination against those who are suffering from AIDS or suspected of carrying the HIV virus.
As of May 1, there had been 1,049 reported cases of AIDS in the county. The disease has been fatal in about 60% of those cases, county health records showed.
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