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stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 19, 2019
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stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 1, 2019
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:
Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 8, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:
"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 10, 2018
Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
stated on April 3, 2018 in a tweet:
"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on March 8, 2018:
"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 27, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2018 in a press conference:
"The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."
False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 26, 2017 in in a tweet:
"Obama is in Texas serving meals!"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • August 28, 2017
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 28, 2015 in remarks at a Florida campaign stop:
"In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • January 15, 2016
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