Latest Fact-checks by Chris Nichols Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Gavin Newsom stated on May 8, 2018 in a campaign debate: "In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street." Gavin Newsom stated on April 23, 2018 in in a campaign ad: Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win." John Chiang stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana. Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration: "Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)." Scott Jones stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations. Travis Allen stated on March 8, 2018: "Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population." Gavin Newsom stated on March 8, 2018: "California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production." Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2018 in California just sued to stop the wall: "The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas. They don’t tell you that." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on March 5, 2018 in a news release: California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare." Jeff Sessions stated on March 7, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for." Jackie Speier stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet: "3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend." Travis Allen stated on February 1, 2018 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state." Phil Ting stated on January 21, 2018 in a newspaper article: "Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase." Jerry Brown stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address: California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion." WorldNetDaily stated on January 21, 2018 in a headline: "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically." Delaine Eastin stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall : California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending. Travis Allen stated on January 2, 2018 in interview on Fox News: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies. Donald Trump stated on December 28, 2017 in a New York Times interview: Said Dianne Feinstein said "there is no collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia. USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article: "This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas." Nancy Pelosi stated on November 27, 2017 in a tweet from her team's political account: The GOP tax plan "Sabotages the health care of 13 MILLION Americans." John Cox stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview: Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation. Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons." John Cox stated on October 19, 2017 in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.: "It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation." Delaine Eastin stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed: "Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history." Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation." Hillary Clinton stated on October 9, 2017 in a speech at the University of California at Davis: "There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on September 20, 2017 in a newspaper article: California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again." Nancy Pelosi stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
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Gavin Newsom stated on May 8, 2018 in a campaign debate: "In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street." Gavin Newsom stated on April 23, 2018 in in a campaign ad: Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win." John Chiang stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana. Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration: "Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)." Scott Jones stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations. Travis Allen stated on March 8, 2018: "Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population." Gavin Newsom stated on March 8, 2018: "California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production." Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2018 in California just sued to stop the wall: "The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas. They don’t tell you that." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on March 5, 2018 in a news release: California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare." Jeff Sessions stated on March 7, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for." Jackie Speier stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet: "3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend." Travis Allen stated on February 1, 2018 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state." Phil Ting stated on January 21, 2018 in a newspaper article: "Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase." Jerry Brown stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address: California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion." WorldNetDaily stated on January 21, 2018 in a headline: "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically." Delaine Eastin stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall : California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending. Travis Allen stated on January 2, 2018 in interview on Fox News: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies. Donald Trump stated on December 28, 2017 in a New York Times interview: Said Dianne Feinstein said "there is no collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia. USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article: "This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas." Nancy Pelosi stated on November 27, 2017 in a tweet from her team's political account: The GOP tax plan "Sabotages the health care of 13 MILLION Americans." John Cox stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview: Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation. Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons." John Cox stated on October 19, 2017 in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.: "It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation." Delaine Eastin stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed: "Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history." Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation." Hillary Clinton stated on October 9, 2017 in a speech at the University of California at Davis: "There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on September 20, 2017 in a newspaper article: California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again." Nancy Pelosi stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
Gavin Newsom stated on May 8, 2018 in a campaign debate: "In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."
Gavin Newsom stated on April 23, 2018 in in a campaign ad: Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
John Chiang stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration: "Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."
Scott Jones stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations.
Travis Allen stated on March 8, 2018: "Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."
Gavin Newsom stated on March 8, 2018: "California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."
Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2018 in California just sued to stop the wall: "The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas. They don’t tell you that."
Antonio Villaraigosa stated on March 5, 2018 in a news release: California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
Jeff Sessions stated on March 7, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for."
Jackie Speier stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet: "3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend."
Travis Allen stated on February 1, 2018 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
Phil Ting stated on January 21, 2018 in a newspaper article: "Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase."
Jerry Brown stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address: California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
WorldNetDaily stated on January 21, 2018 in a headline: "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically."
Delaine Eastin stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall : California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
Travis Allen stated on January 2, 2018 in interview on Fox News: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.
Donald Trump stated on December 28, 2017 in a New York Times interview: Said Dianne Feinstein said "there is no collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia.
USA In Front stated on December 11, 2017 in a headline: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire
Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article: "This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."
Nancy Pelosi stated on November 27, 2017 in a tweet from her team's political account: The GOP tax plan "Sabotages the health care of 13 MILLION Americans."
John Cox stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview: Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
John Cox stated on October 19, 2017 in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.: "It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."
Delaine Eastin stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed: "Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 9, 2017 in a speech at the University of California at Davis: "There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."
Antonio Villaraigosa stated on September 20, 2017 in a newspaper article: California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
Nancy Pelosi stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
