Latest Fact-Checks By Chris Nichols

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Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on November 10, 2015 in a press release:
California has "robust job growth that outpaces the rest of the nation."  
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 7, 2015
Common Sense Kids Action
Common Sense Kids Action
stated on September 21, 2015 in a press release:
"California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 4, 2015
Jeff Morales
Jeff Morales
stated on October 29, 2015 in a press conference:
"The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 24, 2015
Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson
stated on November 3, 2015 in a news article:
"We now know these firms are unwilling to put up any private money," for California's high-speed rail project.    
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2015
Luis Alejo
Luis Alejo
stated on September 25, 2015 in a press release:
"Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured."  
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2015
Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech:
"No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 3, 2015
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech:
"Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • November 3, 2015
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