Latest Fact Checks By Chris Nichols

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Solar vs oil jobs photo

Bakersfield has far more jobs in oil than solar, despite Schwarzenegger’s false claim

December 6, 2019
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are…
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MOSTLY TRUE: Nancy Pelosi’s claim President Trump ‘hasn’t built any new wall’

November 23, 2019
President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
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Homeless in CA AP photo 1

Fact Check: Does California really have ‘90,000 unsheltered’ homeless people?

October 31, 2019
"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." 
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Ohio Dem Debate: Tom Steyer alone

Tom Steyer claimed ‘90% of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years.’ Is he right?

October 16, 2019
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
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Becerra Trump side by side

Is California really ‘winning’ in court against the Trump administration?

September 25, 2019
 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 
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Kamala Harris at CNN climate town hall

Kamala Harris claimed she ‘sued Exxon Mobil’ as California AG. She didn’t.

September 6, 2019
Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 
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Bernie Sanders Sacramento 2019

Bernie Sanders’ Half True claim on number of people in jail who can’t afford bail

August 29, 2019
 "Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."
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Auto workers, 2017 photo

No, America’s auto industry not expected to lose ‘as many as 300,000’ jobs, as Kamala Harris claimed

August 21, 2019
It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year." 
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Gavin Newsom homeless budget

Gavin Newsom’s ridiculous claim: ‘Vast majority’ of San Francisco’s homeless people come from Texas

August 14, 2019
"The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
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Trump on Mexico auto industry

No, President Trump wasn’t ‘kicked off’ the California ballot. That’s Pants on Fire.

August 8, 2019
President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein June 2019

Fact Check: Are there ‘more gun deaths by far’ in America than any other country?

August 6, 2019
There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.
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Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, 11-20-2019

Was Kamala Harris ‘part of second class to integrate’ Berkeley’s public schools?

Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools." 
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