PolitiFact CaliforniaPolitiFact California: Fact-checking Hillary Clinton As She Returns To CaliforniaOctober 9, 2017 | Chris NicholsFormer Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to speak Monday in Davis, California, at the Mondavi Center to discuss "What Happened?", her memoir about the 2016 presidential election.
PolitiFact CaliforniaPolitifact California: How Is A ‘Mass Shooting’ Defined?October 4, 2017 | Chris NicholsHow many people must die in a shooting before it’s termed a ‘mass shooting’? Four people? Two? None at all?
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitiFact: Debunking Las Vegas Shooting HoaxesOctober 4, 2017 | Chris RemingtonPolitiFact National Editor Angie Holan verifies claims made by TV personalities, bloggers, and online media in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
PolitiFact CaliforniaHas Gavin Newsom ‘Flip-Flopped’ On California’s High-Speed Rail?September 29, 2017 | Chris NicholsFormer Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently claimed Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom — the frontrunner in the California governor's race — has essentially flip-flopped in his support for the state’s controversial and costly rail project.
PolitiFact CaliforniaClaims Mislead About California Forcing Jail Time For Using Wrong Transgender PronounSeptember 26, 2017 | Chris NicholsA bill to prevent discrimination of LGBT seniors in California’s long-term care homes is one step from becoming law. Its path through the Legislature, however, was marked by an onslaught of often misleading critiques from conservative groups. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
PolitiFact CaliforniaBernie Sanders Back In CaliforniaSeptember 21, 2017 | Chris NicholsIn advance of his visit, PolitiFact California is taking a look at what Sanders’ ‘single payer Medicare-for-all’ proposal would do, as described by the New York Times. We are also looking at his record with the truth.
PolitiFact CaliforniaDo Three-Quarters Of Americans Support The DREAM Act? Nancy Pelosi Says SoSeptember 20, 2017 | Chris NicholsThis week, Rep. Nancy Pelosi claimed three-quarters of Americans support what she described as the legislative solution for safeguarding young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation: the DREAM Act.
PolitiFact CaliforniaRohrabacher Repeats Bogus Claim Democrats Orchestrated Charlottesville ViolenceSeptember 16, 2017 | Chris NicholsCalifornia Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Orange County, repeated a debunked conspiracy theory this week that top Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence at last month’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
PolitiFact CaliforniaJohn Chiang’s Claim On California’s Affordable Housing Doesn’t Add UpSeptember 13, 2017 | Chris NicholsState Treasurer John Chiang has made boosting California’s supply of affordable housing a key talking point during his run for governor. But how new housing has really been built?
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitiFact California: Bipartisan Support For Border Wall? September 13, 2017 | Chris RemingtonDid then Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton support a border wall? PolitiFact California reporter Chris Nichols checks the claim by Congressman Jeff Denham as the DACA debate continues. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.