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The 2018 California Governor's Race

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All Fact-checks for The 2018 California Governor's Race

Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 10, 2018 a campaign speech
"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.
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By Chris Nichols • September 19, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 17, 2018 a TV interview
Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 12, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on July 30, 2018 a Fox Business Network interview
"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 21, 2018
Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 1, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 a campaign TV ad
GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."  
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 29, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 a campaign ad
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2018
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on May 12, 2018 a campaign ad
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles)  ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
False
By Chris Nichols • May 16, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 8, 2018 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
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign ad
Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
False
By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2018
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on March 29, 2018 a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
True
By Chris Nichols • April 20, 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
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018
"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 5, 2018 a news release
California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 8, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on February 1, 2018 an interview on Capital Public Radio
"Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on January 2, 2018 interview on Fox News
"Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.
False
By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 15, 2017 a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article
"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2017
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 a Capital Public Radio interview
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
False
By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 an interview on Capital Public Radio
Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 19, 2017 a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.
"It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 1, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 an op-ed
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017
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