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This shows election workers LEGALLY collecting ballots from a drop box in LA the day after Election Day.

The LA County Registrar, @LACountyRRCC, confirmed that all boxes were closed & locked at 8PM on Election Night & ballots were collected the next day. https://t.co/X1lfzr3v0g

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You are looking at BALLOTS! Is this what our Country has come to?

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Right after @GavinNewsom announced plans to mandate #COVID19 vaccination for CA schoolchildren, social media users posted a CDC graph often used to perpetuate misleading vaccine narratives.

Our latest debunks these myths.

https://t.co/h18E4vcw0Q

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NEW: A record number of cargo ships are backed-up off the California coast.

But, no, they’re not deliberately being prevented from docking — as some misleading Facebook posts suggest.

Here are the facts: https://t.co/IIckg1hTnN

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California school districts from Oakland to Los Angeles have started to require eligible students to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Our latest explores whether they have the legal authority to do so.

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Gavin Newsom showed up at an encampment sweep. Were the people living there moved into safe housing? While the governor's post gives the impression that all or most people at the encampment received housing, that’s only partially true. https://t.co/Azoehtwq5k @CAPolitiFact

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Leading up to the California recall election, Trump alleged without evidence that the California recall election was rigged on behalf of Gov. Gavin Newsom, echoing falsehoods from the 2020 election. https://t.co/hkPmpBBJZI

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Yes, The Science Does Suggest Young People Should Receive The COVID-19 Vaccine, Contrary To @LarryElder's False Claim
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CA's recall election will determine whether Gov. Newsom remains in office or is removed & replaced by another candidate. @CAPolitiFact debunked false claims about the election & demystified how it works in our guide to misinformation about the recall ⤵️ https://t.co/cxIsNnLpbF

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There’s lots of #misinformation about the California recall election🗳️

Check out✅our guide to debunk false claims & demystify how the recall process works.

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Recall candidate @Kevin_Faulconer says he'll tackle California's #homelessness crisis.

What did he do as San Diego mayor? We checked his record here: https://t.co/tQ2mVg0ivq

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No, California did not tell electric car owners to "not charge" their vehicles because of a power shortage.

As @SashaHupka found, the social media posts spreading these rumors are false.

https://t.co/PWgxm8KqGL

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NEW: Yes, @GavinNewsom has the authority to continue California’s COVID-19 state of emergency, legal experts say.

Claims on social media that say Newsom's power to extend the emergency has expired are FALSE.

Our latest by @SashaHupka

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NEW: @KamalaHarris claimed 'one-third of small businesses have closed' during the pandemic.

We found that's Mostly True.

Here's why: https://t.co/rjCb7QGbgk

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After San Francisco @49ers QB Trey Lance signed a $34M contract, social media posts suggested most of the money would go to California taxes.

@SashaHupka spoke w/tax experts and found it’s not quite that simple https://t.co/Fzdhyo03Ck

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NEW: A viral post suggests @Caitlyn_Jenner recklessly killed someone and ‘was released by a DA.’

She was involved in a fatal car crash in 2015.

But a Los Angeles DA found no evidence to support whether Jenner was negligent or broke any major traffic laws https://t.co/sZEHteTv5o

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No, The Death Rate For Vaccinated People Is Not Higher Than That Of Unvaccinated People https://t.co/HG62gAW2Wj

@isabellafertel sorts through the facts:

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No, @GavinNewsom did not ‘just let 76,000 inmates out of jail,’ as #RecallElection candidate @BeastJohnCox claimed.

We found that’s a wild — and beastly — falsehood!

Here’s why: https://t.co/1ecfCsaxoG

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No, Kamala Harris Did Not Tell Joe Biden He’d Do ‘Whatever’ China Wants

As @SashaHupka found, that viral social media post is Pants On Fire!

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Notably, San Francisco had one of the lowest per-capita COVID-19 death rates of any major city in the country last year. https://t.co/mlfOEdqIpo

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.@KevinKileyCA claimed San Francisco had ‘twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths’ in 2020.

We found data from city’s public health department and medical examiner’s office support this claim.

We rated it True https://t.co/KPb67HEHpM

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Health officials say the isolation caused by the pandemic led to an increase in fentanyl overdoses in the city.