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Chris Nichols

PolitiFact California Reporter

Since 2015, Chris Nichols has worked as CapRadio’s PolitiFact California reporter where he fact-checks politicians in the Golden State both on-air and online. His work includes debunking social media misinformation and explaining complex statewide topics from California’s affordable housing and homelessness crises to election issues.

Previously, Chris spent a dozen years writing about government and politics at newspapers across California, including covering the Capitol for the San Diego Union-Tribune. Before that, he worked as a news reporter at the North County Times in Escondido; the Lodi News-Sentinel and the Sonora Union-Democrat.

After obtaining his bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley, Chris left California to earn his master’s degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 2004.

He is cautiously optimistic that his hometown San Diego Padres will someday be World Champions, but he’s not holding his breath.

 

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    Stories by Chris Nichols

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Sacramento County is exploring plans for new homeless shelters. But will they ever get built?

    May 27, 2022

    Following numerous calls from residents worried about proposed homeless shelter sites, the county issued a news release saying no decision would be made without extensive community input.

  • AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File

    Sacramento renters have to earn twice the state’s minimum wage to afford average apartment, report finds

    May 24, 2022

    The average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Sacramento County rose from nearly $1,400 to $1,625 from 2020 to 2021, according to California Housing Partnership.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Job program provides some hope in neighborhood at center of Sacramento’s homelessness crisis

    May 16, 2022

    Sacramento’s River District Business Association has hired several homeless and formerly homeless people to help clean up trash at neighborhood encampments.

  • AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File

    U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla will appear on California’s June primary ballot twice. Here’s why.

    May 4, 2022

    In the first contest, Padilla is seeking to complete former Senator Kamala Harris’ term which ends in January 2023. In the second, he is seeking his own full six-year U.S. Senate term.

  • Chris Nichols/CapRadio

    South Sacramento tiny home village for homeless residents delayed after neighborhood opposition

    April 29, 2022

    Opponents said they were concerned the project would be a magnet for more drug use, thefts and vandalism in the neighborhood. The delay means it won’t open until the end of November at the earliest, officials said.

  • Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo

    California Mayors ask Newsom for continued funding for homelessness program

    April 25, 2022

    The Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Grant Program has provided $2 billion to local jurisdictions over the past two years, but it's unclear whether the program will have any allocations in Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised budget

  • Chris Nichols / CapRadio

    California bill would ban homeless encampments along American River Parkway

    April 12, 2022

    The legislation follows a demand by the American River Parkway Foundation to remove hundreds of encampments. But critics say it further criminalizes homelessness.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Melinda Davis, a colorful spirit and unhoused resident, killed in Sacramento mass shooting

    April 6, 2022

    Davis, 57, was among six people shot and killed early Sunday in downtown Sacramento. Homeless advocates say her death highlights the traumas ​​unhoused residents are exposed to on city streets.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Ballot measure that would outlaw homeless encampments, force Sacramento to build shelters headed to voters

    April 6, 2022

    Proponents of a similar, but more stringent ballot measure say they will withdraw their proposal now that the city council approved the compromise ordinance on Wednesday.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Here’s what we know so far about Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court proposal

    April 4, 2022

    Supporters say the plan could help fix California’s broken behavioral health system, while opponents say compelling treatment violates civil rights and won’t work.

 

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