Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, is a candidate for California governor, former mayor of Los Angeles and former state Assembly speaker.
Antonio Villaraigosa
California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because…
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.
"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.
"When I became mayor of Los Angeles, we had a 44 percent (high school) graduation rate. I said that was unacceptable. I challenged that notion.…
"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDP’s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom…