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John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video:
"Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 13, 2017
Jeff Denham
Jeff Denham
stated on September 5, 2017 in an interview on NPR:
Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2017
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
stated on August 4, 2017 in an op-ed:
"Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 22, 2017
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 in a speech:
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • August 3, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business:
"More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."
False
By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 12, 2017 in 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."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • July 18, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 in a campaign video:
California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • July 11, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 in a campaign video:
"I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • July 3, 2017
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on June 19, 2017 in a radio interview:
President Trump has signed more bills into law "than any president previously before at this stage in the game."
False
By Chris Nichols • June 27, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 in a speech:
Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 22, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 2, 2017 in a tweet:
"Americans are 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 in a speech:
"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017
Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on May 31, 2017 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2017 in a headline:
California Gov. Jerry Brown was "Caught in the Middle of a $60 Billion Corruption Investigation."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • May 30, 2017
Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson
stated on May 22, 2017 in a press release:
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget "cuts funds for local tree mortality efforts from $52.7 million to just $2 million."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2017
Melissa Melendez
Melissa Melendez
stated on May 11, 2017 in 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."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 19, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 in a press release:
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 23, 2017 in 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."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2017
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