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Did Keisha Lance Bottoms make Atlanta's first city investment in HIV prevention?

Matches stated direction. In 2019 the council approved her plan to give $100,000 for PrEP and counseling; city records do not say whether it was the city's first HIV prevention spending.

Keisha Lance Bottoms

City money for HIV prevention

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What they say

Her campaign says she made the city's first direct investment in HIV prevention and expanded access to PrEP, a medicine that prevents HIV.

“Made the first direct city investment in HIV prevention and expanded access to PrEP”

What the record shows ·

In May 2019 the city council unanimously approved her plan to give $100,000 to the Fulton County Board of Health for PrEP and counseling for people at high risk. Her office called it her legislation; Councilmember Antonio Brown sponsored it.

Limit: The city records read here do not say whether this was its first HIV prevention spending. The same release lists a separate $10,000 city grant for a mobile HIV testing unit.

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  1. Keisha for Governor, track record: environment and healthhttps://www.keishaforgovernor.com/issues/small-business

    Keisha for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-23. The detail page behind the environment item on her track record page. The site files it at /issues/small-business.

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  2. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' Legislation to Expand Access to PrEP Unanimously Approved by City Councilhttps://web.archive.org/web/20190917173608/https://www.atlantaga.gov/Home/Components/News/News/12031/1338

    City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Communications · Published May 20, 2019 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Her office's release of May 20, 2019. The council approved $100,000 to the Fulton County Board of Health for PrEP; Councilmember Antonio Brown sponsored the resolution. Also lists a $10,000 city grant for a mobile HIV testing unit. Archived copy; the city's site blocks this desk.

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