The State - News from June 14, 1989

Orange County supervisors rejected a proposed ordinance that would have banned discrimination against AIDS victims, making the county the only major urban area in California without such a measure. The 3-2 vote before a tense and emotional crowd capped an 18-month study by the county’s HIV Advisory Committee that concluded that the ordinance was necessary to reduce the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome by making its victims more likely to seek treatment. Opposition was led by the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon’s Anaheim-based Traditional Values Coalition.