FAKE: California provides tablets to prisoners who use them to watch pornographic material & groom kids.
FACT: The report offered zero evidence for the claim.
FALSE: California Medicaid or IHSS payments are fraud.
FACT: Fraud is unacceptable; the allegation is not evidence that IHSS itself is fraud.
NOT TRUE: Governor Newsom’s letter to Congress for federal fire assistance included a list of NGOs to get money.
FACT: There was no list of NGOs in the Governor’s letters.
FALSE: Under Governor Newsom, hospice fraud in California is rampant and unaddressed.
FACT: California has cracked down on hospice fraud, launched partnerships across state agencies, and the California Department of Justice has arrested criminals to hold them accountable.
MISLEADING: Sable offshore pipeline would lower California gas prices, and California was blocking relief.
FACT: Oil trades at a worldwide price, and American crude sells to the highest bidder — not at a discount for American consumers.
FALSE: California plans to tax 5-year-olds.
FACT: Governor Newsom did not announce this and is not taxing 5-year-olds.
LIE: On Fox News, it’s suggested 30% of California is homeless.
FACT: No, 30% of California is not homeless.
MISLEADING: Governor Newsom personally made or ordered a parole decision.
FACT: The Board of Parole Hearings, an independent agency, made the parole decision.
FALSE: California gave state money to a political organization or 501(c)(4).
FACT: The state has not given any money to any political organization or 501(c)(4).
NOT TRUE: A California bill became law and stripped housing rights.
FACT: This is false.