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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 4, 2019 in a CNN climate town hall:
Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 
False
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 22, 2019 in a campaign speech:
 "Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 12, 2019 in a CNN interview:
It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year." 
False
By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Axios on HBO":
"The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • August 14, 2019
California Republican Party
California Republican Party
stated on August 6, 2019 in a fundraising pitch:
President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • August 8, 2019
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on August 3, 2019 in a tweet:
There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 in her exchange on busing during the Democratic presidential debate:
Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols, Stefanie Pousoulides • July 2, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:
Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
California "admitted" there were "a million" illegal votes in the 2016 presidential election. 
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 18, 2019 in a tweet:
Says "For the first time in our state’s history, the Pride flag has been raised at our State Capitol!!"
False
By Chris Nichols • June 18, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert":
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 20, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:
On the need for independent investigations of police shootings 
Full Flop
By Chris Nichols • May 23, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 17, 2019 in a podcast:
"It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • April 19, 2019
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