Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 posts on X
California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 12, 2023 a TV interview
"Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 19, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 23, 2023 a tweet
“The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 25, 2023
Karen Bass
Karen Bass
stated on December 18, 2022 in an interview
“Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles.
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By Andy Nguyen • December 20, 2022
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on December 12, 2022 an interview
The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”
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December 19, 2022
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2021 an interview on MSNBC
"Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."
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By Chris Nichols • June 7, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 remarks in a Senate hearing
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
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By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 8, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a California surfer was “alone, in the ocean,” when he was arrested for violating the state’s stay-at-home order.
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April 9, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 an interview on "Face the Nation"
President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
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By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on August 26, 2019 a news conference
 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 
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By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 her exchange on busing during the Democratic presidential debate
Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools." 
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By Chris Nichols, Stefanie Pousoulides • July 2, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 a speech at the California Democratic Party Convention
President Trump’s tariffs are "taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month."
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By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 news articles and blogs
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
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By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 26, 2019 a tweet
"In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 a news release
"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit card debt."
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By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on December 11, 2018 an NPR interview
California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"
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By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 29, 2018 a press conference at the border
There was "an estimated $5.3 million of economic loss just for a few hours of shutting down the border. You’re talking about millions and millions of dollars — billions of dollars — of economic consequence, if we continue with this rhetoric around shutting down the border without considering what that means."
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By Chris Nichols • December 3, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 9, 2018 a TV ad
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "votes with Donald Trump 99 percent of the time."
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By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 a gubernatorial debate
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018
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