Latest True Fact-checks on Jerry Brown 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 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)." 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." Jerry Brown stated on March 26, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press: "2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in a State of the State Address: Twenty-seven percent of Californians, almost 11 million, "were born in a foreign land." Jerry Brown stated on January 13, 2017 in a letter: The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016." Jerry Brown stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address: "Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011. Jerry Brown stated on June 7, 2010 in a video on his campaign website: California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
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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)." 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." Jerry Brown stated on March 26, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press: "2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in a State of the State Address: Twenty-seven percent of Californians, almost 11 million, "were born in a foreign land." Jerry Brown stated on January 13, 2017 in a letter: The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016." Jerry Brown stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address: "Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011. Jerry Brown stated on June 7, 2010 in a video on his campaign website: California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
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)."
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."
Jerry Brown stated on March 26, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press: "2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California
Jerry Brown stated on January 24, 2017 in a State of the State Address: Twenty-seven percent of Californians, almost 11 million, "were born in a foreign land."
Jerry Brown stated on January 13, 2017 in a letter: The uninsured rate in California reached "a historic low of 7.4 percent in 2016."
Jerry Brown stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address: "Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011.
Jerry Brown stated on June 7, 2010 in a video on his campaign website: California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
