Latest Fact-checks in California 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 Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2023 in an Instagram post: “California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.” Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "Surfistas en California aprovechan las fuertes marejadas del Huracán Hilary, para sus prácticas deportivas". Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: La Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley". Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California. Viral image stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: Fox News reported that California Gov. Gavin Newsom said former President Donald Trump “is not eligible for future presidential elections & has asked the California’s State Assembly to pass a bill that will remove Trump’s name on any future ballots.” TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!” Instagram posts stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image: California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2023 in a Facebook post: "Bibles banned in California moves one step closer to evil reality." Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: Kevin McCarthy “announces impeachment proceeding for Biden regime.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video: “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet: Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.” Gavin Newsom stated on June 12, 2023 in a TV interview: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.” Instagram posts stated on June 8, 2023 in an Instagram post: Recent wildfires in California were planned to clear land for a high-speed rail system. Ron DeSantis stated on June 7, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.: “A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Disney "acaba de publicar" que no puedes entrar a sus parques en Florida y California "sin que tus hijos reconozcan que no le pueden llamar a un niño él o ella". X posts stated on May 7, 2023 in a post: California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post: The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.” Public Interest Legal Foundation stated on January 18, 2023 in a report: In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election. Gavin Newsom stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.” William Barclay stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview: California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion. Karen Bass stated on December 18, 2022 in in an interview: “Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles. Ro Khanna stated on December 12, 2022 in an interview: The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.” Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.” Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.” Viral image stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.” Instagram posts stated on November 15, 2022 in a video: President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change. Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.” Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2022 in a post: California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.” Viral image stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”
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Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2023 in an Instagram post: “California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.” Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "Surfistas en California aprovechan las fuertes marejadas del Huracán Hilary, para sus prácticas deportivas". Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: La Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley". Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California. Viral image stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: Fox News reported that California Gov. Gavin Newsom said former President Donald Trump “is not eligible for future presidential elections & has asked the California’s State Assembly to pass a bill that will remove Trump’s name on any future ballots.” TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!” Instagram posts stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image: California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2023 in a Facebook post: "Bibles banned in California moves one step closer to evil reality." Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: Kevin McCarthy “announces impeachment proceeding for Biden regime.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video: “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet: Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.” Gavin Newsom stated on June 12, 2023 in a TV interview: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.” Instagram posts stated on June 8, 2023 in an Instagram post: Recent wildfires in California were planned to clear land for a high-speed rail system. Ron DeSantis stated on June 7, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.: “A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Disney "acaba de publicar" que no puedes entrar a sus parques en Florida y California "sin que tus hijos reconozcan que no le pueden llamar a un niño él o ella". X posts stated on May 7, 2023 in a post: California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post: The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.” Public Interest Legal Foundation stated on January 18, 2023 in a report: In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election. Gavin Newsom stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.” William Barclay stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview: California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion. Karen Bass stated on December 18, 2022 in in an interview: “Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles. Ro Khanna stated on December 12, 2022 in an interview: The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.” Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.” Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.” Viral image stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.” Instagram posts stated on November 15, 2022 in a video: President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change. Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.” Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2022 in a post: California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.” Viral image stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”
Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2023 in an Instagram post: “California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.”
Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: "Surfistas en California aprovechan las fuertes marejadas del Huracán Hilary, para sus prácticas deportivas".
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: La Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley".
Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California.
Viral image stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post: Fox News reported that California Gov. Gavin Newsom said former President Donald Trump “is not eligible for future presidential elections & has asked the California’s State Assembly to pass a bill that will remove Trump’s name on any future ballots.”
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
Instagram posts stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image: California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.”
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2023 in a Facebook post: "Bibles banned in California moves one step closer to evil reality."
Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: Kevin McCarthy “announces impeachment proceeding for Biden regime.”
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video: “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.”
Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet: Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
Gavin Newsom stated on June 12, 2023 in a TV interview: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida.”
Instagram posts stated on June 8, 2023 in an Instagram post: Recent wildfires in California were planned to clear land for a high-speed rail system.
Ron DeSantis stated on June 7, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.: “A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”
Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Disney "acaba de publicar" que no puedes entrar a sus parques en Florida y California "sin que tus hijos reconozcan que no le pueden llamar a un niño él o ella".
X posts stated on May 7, 2023 in a post: California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident.
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post: The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
Public Interest Legal Foundation stated on January 18, 2023 in a report: In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election.
Gavin Newsom stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet: “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.”
William Barclay stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview: California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.
Karen Bass stated on December 18, 2022 in in an interview: “Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles.
Ro Khanna stated on December 12, 2022 in an interview: The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”
Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”
Viral image stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”
Viral image stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.”
Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Instagram posts stated on November 15, 2022 in a video: President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.
Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”
Instagram posts stated on October 31, 2022 in a post: California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
Viral image stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”
