PolitiFact | California

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PolitiFact California is a partnership of Capital Public Radio and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Every day, reporters and researchers from Capital Public Radio examine statements by California elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate their accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter.

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All Fact-checks for California

stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

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stated on December 20, 2019 in an interview with MSNBC

Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."

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stated on December 12, 2019 in a campaign ad

California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press"

"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 oil jobs."

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stated on November 17, 2019 in an interview on "Face the Nation"

President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.

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Darrell Steinberg

stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio

"90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless."

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stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate

"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."

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stated on August 26, 2019 in a news conference

"Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win."

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stated on September 4, 2019 in a CNN climate town hall

Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general.

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stated on August 22, 2019 in a campaign speech

"Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."

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stated on August 12, 2019 in a CNN interview

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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stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Axios on HBO"

"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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California Republican Party

stated on August 6, 2019 in a fundraising pitch

President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot

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Dianne Feinstein

stated on August 3, 2019 in a tweet

There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.

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stated on June 27, 2019 in her exchange on busing during the Democratic presidential debate

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

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stated on June 27, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate

Says "I disagreed" with President Obama’s Secure Communities deportation program

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stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press"

California "admitted" there were "a million" illegal votes in the 2016 presidential election.

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stated on June 18, 2019 in a tweet

Says "For the first time in our state’s history, the Pride flag has been raised at our State Capitol!!"

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stated on June 1, 2019 in a speech at the California Democratic Party Convention

President Trump’s tariffs are "taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month."

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stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."

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