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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post:
“So 2 doctors from Bakersfield discover that coronavirus mortality rate is 0.03%. 13x less deadly than what was previously thought! Their analysis has since been banned from YouTube.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 7, 2020
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.:
“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Pelosi was in (Wuhan) China 6 days after the impeachment HOAX failed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2020
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.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post:
Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2020
DeAnna Lorraine
DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet that was retweeted by President Donald Trump:
Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 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.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 30, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 13, 2020 a blog post:
“ICE arrests LA mayor for harboring fugitives through sanctuary city.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 13, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 4, 2020 a news conference:
"If you look at California, if you look at people of color in general, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, we won that big time. Big time. Not even close.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 a State of the State Address:
"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 social media posts:
"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on December 20, 2019 an interview with MSNBC:
Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 a campaign ad:
California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."
True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
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.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019
Darrell Steinberg
Darrell Steinberg
stated on October 24, 2019 an interview with Capital Public Radio:
"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." 
True
By Chris Nichols • October 31, 2019
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 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." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019
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