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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs:
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet:
"In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Trump administration is "raiding money" from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 13, 2019 in a news conference:
California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 24, 2019 in a podcast:
Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.
False
By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2019
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on January 29, 2019 in a speech:
"In 2017, illegal aliens murdered 1,800 Americans."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 20, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 in a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
True
By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:
"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2019 in a State of the Union Address:
San Diego’s border barrier "almost completely ended illegal crossings."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 27, 2019 in a campaign launch event:
"The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet:
California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2019
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on December 11, 2018 in an NPR interview:
California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 29, 2018 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 3, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet:
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 12, 2018
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Tony Thurmond was "sued by the ACLU" for leaving students in unsafe conditions. 
False
By Chris Nichols • November 5, 2018
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Tony Thurmond was "Reprimanded by the Obama Administration for failing to address widespread sexual harassment and assault in district schools."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 5, 2018
Tony Thurmond
Tony Thurmond
stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Marshall Tuck "is backed by Donald Trump’s education advisor" pictured as Betsy DeVos. 
False
By Chris Nichols • November 5, 2018
Gil Cisneros
Gil Cisneros
stated on September 17, 2018 in a spoof website:
Says California Republican Young Kim is "a tax cheat" who "illegally claimed a $7,000 annual homestead exemption on a house she wasn’t living in," had "multiple tax liens placed on her" as a result and "owes over $10,000 in unpaid federal income taxes."  
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • November 2, 2018
Ricardo Lara
Ricardo Lara
stated on October 24, 2018 in full-page newspaper ads:
As California's Insurance Commissioner, "Steve Poizner pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols, Sami Soto • October 30, 2018
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