Patrick Range McDonald is an American author and journalist. As a staff writer at ''L.A. Weekly'', he won the

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's "Journalist of the Year" award and the "Public Service" award from the

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. McDonald also co-wrote former Los Angeles Mayor

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's memoir, ''The Mayor: How I Turned Around Los Angeles after Riots, an Earthquake, and the OJ Simpson Murder Trial''. The book was a ''

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'' and ''

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'' best seller. And he wrote a book about Los Angeles–based

AIDS Healthcare Foundation AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and advocacy services. As of 2024, AHF operates about 400 clinics, 69 outpatient healthcare centers, 62 pharma ...

, the world's largest HIV/AIDS medical-care nonprofit that operates in 45 countries and serves more than 1.6 million patients. The book is titled ''Righteous Rebels: AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Crusade to Change the World.'' In a review, ''

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,'' the global health journal, noted: "McDonald has managed a deft balancing act with this book: on one hand providing a fascinating inside view of a billion-dollar non-profit organisation, while on the other hand providing a history of both the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the AIDS crisis, full of human interest and compelling portraits of the major players in the organisation." McDonald was later the historical consultant for ''Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years'', a documentary narrated by actress

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. He is currently the advocacy journalist for Housing Is A Human Right, the housing advocacy division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation and one of the leading housing justice organizations in the United States. His work there earned him the "Best Activism Journalism" award from the Los Angeles Press Club. In 2022, McDonald wrote a short book, ''Selling Off California: The Untold Story'', about the powerful alliances and devastating policies that fuel the housing affordability and homelessness crises in California. It was a finalist for a Los Angeles Press Club award. He was born in Newark, New Jersey.

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