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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Yes on 10 campaign
Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 a TV advertisement:
California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 28, 2018 a debate:
California "is hemorrhaging population."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 10, 2018 a campaign speech:
"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.
True
By Chris Nichols • September 19, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on September 12, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Most Americans don’t own stocks."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2018
Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
stated on September 12, 2018 a speech:
The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."
False
By Chris Nichols • September 14, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 17, 2018 a TV interview:
Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 12, 2018
Katie Porter
Katie Porter
stated on September 5, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says "Mimi Walters raised taxes on middle-class Californians." 
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 7, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on July 30, 2018 a Fox Business Network interview:
"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech:
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech:
"Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • August 24, 2018
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on August 19, 2018 California:
"California is proposing to legislate what drinks restaurants can serve your kids, only giving two options: milk or water."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2018
Jeff Denham
Jeff Denham
stated on July 24, 2018 a podcast interview:
China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit."
False
By Chris Nichols • August 14, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet:
"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2018
Jessica Morse
Jessica Morse
stated on July 19, 2018 a tweet:
Says Congressman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., "has authored three laws since he’s been in office; two renamed post offices."
False
By Chris Nichols • July 24, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2018 a press conference:
"Let’s talk about the facts and where we are today. There are still nearly 2,600 children who are separated from their parents" due to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 2, 2018 a tweet:
Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • July 3, 2018
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on June 16, 2018 a tweet:
"Every day over 450,000 Americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys."
Half-True
By Lucia Geng • June 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2018 a campaign speech:
"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • June 26, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 21, 2018:
Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • June 1, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 a campaign TV ad:
GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."  
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 29, 2018
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