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