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Fact check: San Jose congressional candidate’s cop claims disputed

San Jose police staffing levels have become a key dispute in Silicon Valley’s hottest and most unusual election. In a recent campaign TV ad, Congressional District 16 candidate and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo boasts of adding 200 police officers while representing the city. But the city’s police union and state Assemblymember Ash Kalra, one of Liccardo’s former City Council colleagues, say it’s the opposite — and that Liccardo is to blame for hundreds of officers leaving the city because of slashed pensions. “After seeing Sam’s campaign ad we are seriously concerned with any potential cognitive decline he may be…

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