REPORTING OFFICER'S
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes Edward
J. Henning, Alan C. Vital and Kathleen O'Bryan of Health Care Property
Investors, Inc. (the Company), to execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of the Company,
Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s)
 to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the
undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in the Company.  The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in,
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has cause this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this ____ day of _____________, 20___.

[SIGNATURE]

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