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Democratic State Sen. Ricardo Lara claimed in a full page newspaper ad that his opponent for state Insurance Commissioner, Steve Poizner, "pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance." We rated that claim half true.

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PolitiFact California: Who’s Telling The Truth In California’s 10th Congressional District?

October 26, 2018

TV attack ads have painted Democrat Josh Harder as a Bay Area elitist as he runs for Congress in his hometown Central Valley district against incumbent Republican Jeff Denham. Harder's TV ads have attacked Denham over his healthcare vote.

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PolitiFact California: Fact-Checking Claims In California’s U.S. Senate Race

October 18, 2018

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her challenger in California’s U.S. Senate race Kevin de León made several claims that caught our attention during their only scheduled campaign forum this week in San Francisco.

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PolitiFact CA: Proposition 10

October 17, 2018

There are many claims being made about Proposition 10 on both sides. PolitiFact CA Reporter Christ Nichols does some fact checking.

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Fact-Checking Claims About California’s Rent Control Measure Prop 10

October 11, 2018 | Chris Nichols

There’s a flood of ads about California’s rent control measure Prop 10 on TV, radio and social media. But which claims are true? PolitiFact California fact-checked some of the most common ones.

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Fact-Checking Gavin Newsom’s Record ‘Solving’ Homelessness In San Francisco

October 8, 2018 | Chris Nichols

At Monday’s gubernatorial debate, Republican candidate John Cox attacked Democrat Gavin Newsom over San Francisco’s struggle with this human crisis. PolitiFact California explored the claim that Newsom really failed to "solve the problem at all."

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