Latest Fact Checks By Chris Nichols

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Glock and bullets

Mostly False claim that California gun control measure will ‘criminalize’ the sharing of bullets

July 12, 2016
California’s Proposition 63 would "CRIMINALIZE the sharing of ammunition between friends who may be hunting or shooting together."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger at Tejon Ranch

Did The Governator protect more land than any California governor in history?

July 1, 2016
"When he served as governor, Schwarzenegger preserved more land than any other gubernatorial administration in California’s history."
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John Garamendi

Gun claim by California congressman doesn’t fly

June 25, 2016
"You can’t get on an airplane, but more than 2,000 people on that list have been able to buy a gun."
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Gavin Newsom updated

Mostly True for California initiative’s claim: Guns kill 32,000 Americans each year

June 14, 2016
"More than 32,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each year."  
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Bernie California

Pants On Fire for viral rumor Bernie Sanders won California

June 10, 2016
Says Bernie Sanders "wins California landslide, But ⅔ of his votes aren’t counted."
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Clinton foreign policy speech

Hillary Clinton repeats Half True claim economy does better with Democrat in White House

June 8, 2016
"It is a fact that the economy does better when we have a Democrat in the White House."
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Donald Trump in Sacramento

No, Donald Trump. You haven’t broken the GOP voting record ‘by millions’ … yet

June 2, 2016
We’ve broken "by millions" the all-time record for votes in a GOP presidential primary election.
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Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant

Does California ‘have the same water infrastructure’ as it did in the 1960s?

May 31, 2016
California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."  
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California State Capitol

A Mickey Mouse claim: California’s Capitol ‘second only to Disneyland’ among visitors

May 27, 2016
California’s Capitol building is "second only to Disneyland," among visitor sites in the state.
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Pat Buchanan’s Mostly False Claim About The Language Californians Speak At Home

May 17, 2016
"Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes."
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Duf Sundheim wrongly says California’s violent crime rate is up 34 percent

May 11, 2016
"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."
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Jerry Brown’s Half True Claim About California Doubling Florida’s Job Gains

May 6, 2016
"California has added twice as many jobs as Florida" over the past year.  
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