Credible studies back sad statistic
"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.
— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Cox parroted a talking point but not Trump's position
Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."
— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
Claim not supported by independent polls
"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, September 6th, 2018
Claim takes things out of context
Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.
— PolitiFact California on Friday, June 1st, 2018
He missed final vote, but opposed measure earlier in year
GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
Campaign finance records prove claim
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."
— PolitiFact California on Friday, May 25th, 2018
Ad distorts Villaraigosa's record
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
Claim ignores uptick at end of Newsom's tenure
"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, May 10th, 2018
Claim ignores other gun control victories
Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
— PolitiFact California on Friday, April 27th, 2018
More than 200 million live in those states
"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, April 19th, 2018
Golden State's homeless population surged 14 percent
"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Report backs up claim on short supply of Calif. housing
"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."
— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
California’s single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare."
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Recent polls still contradict Allen's claim
"Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Recent polls contradict Allen's claim
"Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
Tax money can be used to add carpool and toll lanes
"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."
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, December 14th, 2017
Residential, industrial bills among lowest
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, November 16th, 2017
In reality, state built nearly twice as many colleges as prisons
Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, November 9th, 2017
Claim relies on outdated study
"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."
— PolitiFact California on Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Research by Stanford economists supports claim
"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."
— PolitiFact California on Friday, October 27th, 2017