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FAKE: Governor Newsom did not support or fast-track Sites Reservoir.
FACT: Sites Reservoir was fast-tracked by Governor Newsom.
CLAIM: A local fraud case proves that California leadership caused, ignored, or failed to catch local fraud.
Fraud is unacceptable and should be prosecuted fully.
NOT TRUE: Governor Newsom claimed there is no fraud in California.
FACT: Governor Newsom did not say there is no fraud in California.
FALSE CLAIM: California’s clean-energy and battery-storage policies made the electric grid less reliable and increased prices.
FACT: California’s clean-energy and battery-storage investments have bolstered grid reliability.
FAKE: Image shows $11 Billion CA High-Speed Rail bridge to nowhere
FACT: The $11 billion figure refers to the entire program expenditure from July 2006 to June 2023.
MISLEADING: U-Haul migration data shows California is losing population.
FACT: U-Haul rankings are not population data.
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Facts About LA Fires
The LA wildfires gave rise to an extraordinary amount of misinformation and disinformation -- worst of all President Trump saying they were fought "without a token of defense."
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CLAIM: California’s budget would end HHAP, the state’s homelessness grant program.
FACT: HHAP is not ending.
MISLEADING: California recently restricted public access to child-care licensing records.
FACT: Childcare licensing records have been public through California’s Facility Search since 2015.
FALSE: California was required to collect daycare attendance records to verify children in the program, but failed or refused to do so.
FACT: Federal rules did not require California to collect daycare attendance records for this purpose.
NOT TRUE: California State Parks controls firefighting response.
FACT: California State Parks is not a firefighting agency and does not direct emergency fire response.
FALSE: California provides unlimited and free health care to all undocumented immigrants in the state
There is no such thing as “free” or “unlimited” health care for all undocumented immigrants in California.
CLAIM: California leadership allowed $32 Billion in fraud at EDD
The FEDERAL CARES Act — signed by TRUMP — rushed out new unemployment programs WITHOUT basic fraud safeguards to stop international crime rings attacking EVERY state.