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Latest Fact-Checks In California

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Mimi Walters
Mimi Walters
stated on September 25, 2018 in a mailer:
Says Katie Porter is part of a "radical group of Democrats with an extreme agenda to abolish ICE."
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 22, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 9, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians."  
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 9, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "votes with Donald Trump 99 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 in a gubernatorial debate:
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:
Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 8, 2018
Yes on 10 campaign
Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 in 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 in a debate:
California "is hemorrhaging population."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on September 10, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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