Fact Check Posts – Page 20

Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC

The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.

By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017

Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 11, 2017 an interview with Fox Business

"More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."

By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2017

Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech on the House floor

"While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time."

By Chris Nichols • July 18, 2017

Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 a campaign video

California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."

By Chris Nichols • July 11, 2017

Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 a campaign video

"I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market."

By Chris Nichols • July 3, 2017

Devin Nunes
stated on June 19, 2017 a radio interview

President Trump has signed more bills into law "than any president previously before at this stage in the game."

By Chris Nichols • June 27, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech

Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.

By Chris Nichols • June 22, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on June 2, 2017 a tweet

"Americans are 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries."

By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech

"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.

By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017

Kevin de León
stated on May 31, 2017 a speech

Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation."

By Chris Nichols • June 2, 2017

Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2017 a headline

California Gov. Jerry Brown was "Caught in the Middle of a $60 Billion Corruption Investigation."

By Chris Nichols • May 30, 2017

Jim Patterson
stated on May 22, 2017 a press release

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget "cuts funds for local tree mortality efforts from $52.7 million to just $2 million."

By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2017

Melissa Melendez
stated on May 11, 2017 a press release and a tweet

California Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed "diverting 30 percent of the funding" from the state’s gas tax increase "to non-road related projects like building parks and job training for felons."

By Chris Nichols • May 19, 2017

Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release

The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."

By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 23, 2017 a speech at a candidates forum

"When I became mayor of Los Angeles, we had a 44 percent (high school) graduation rate. I said that was unacceptable. I challenged that notion. I said the mayor needs to be involved with our schools. We need to partner together. As I left, after a number of reforms, we grew our graduation rate from 44 percent to 72."

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2017

Tom McClintock
stated on April 28, 2017 a radio interview

"President Trump has passed more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Harry Truman."

By Chris Nichols • May 1, 2017

Scott Peters
stated on April 24, 2017 a news article

The estimated price of President Trump’s border wall is the same as the cost of "one and a half aircraft carriers."

By Chris Nichols • April 28, 2017

John Chiang
stated on March 23, 2017 a speech

"In the first two years and a couple months (as California treasurer), I have saved taxpayers and ratepayers over $5.2 billion."

By Chris Nichols • April 26, 2017

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 14, 2017 a video

"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."

By Chris Nichols • April 14, 2017

Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release

California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.

By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017

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