Latest Fact Checks By Chris Nichols

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Pants On Fire: White House claim Sen. Kamala Harris ‘supporting MS-13’

By Chris Nichols
July 3, 2018
Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13."
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Has construction ‘already started’ on Trump’s border wall in San Diego?

By Chris Nichols
June 26, 2018
"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
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Fact-checking Gavin Newsom’s attack: John Chiang ‘lost track of $31 billion’

By Chris Nichols
June 1, 2018
Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.
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Did Travis Allen oppose driver licenses for undocumented immigrants?

By Chris Nichols
May 29, 2018
GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."  
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Did a GOP candidate for California governor really donate to Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom?

By Chris Nichols
May 25, 2018
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."
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TV ad’s False claim about Antonio Villaraigosa and LA’s rape kit backlog

By Chris Nichols
May 16, 2018
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles)  ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
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Gavin Newsom’s Half True claim on reducing San Francisco’s homeless ‘street population’

By Chris Nichols
May 10, 2018
"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."
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Gavin Newsom’s False claim he was ‘first to take on the NRA and win’

By Chris Nichols
April 27, 2018
Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
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Do a majority of Americans live in states with legal marijuana?

By Chris Nichols
April 20, 2018
"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
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Border wall

Jerry Brown says there’s “no massive wave of migrants pouring into California.” Is he right?

By Chris Nichols
April 13, 2018
"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low…
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Scott Jones AP photo

Protesters for hire? Sacramento Sheriff provides no evidence for inflammatory claim

By Chris Nichols
April 10, 2018
There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations.
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Has California’s homeless population ‘skyrocketed’? And how does it rate nationwide?

By Chris Nichols
March 27, 2018
"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."
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