Fact-check log
Every claim in this guide was checked by a reviewer who opened the cited source and compared the exact numbers, dates and names. Where a claim rested only on news coverage, Wikipedia or an advocacy group, the reviewer looked for a primary source, such as the LAO analysis, Secretary of State filings, the official text of the measure, bill text, State Auditor reports or an official bio, and added it.
Each claim is logged as:
- Verified: the source says it.
- Corrected: the source says something different, and the page now matches the source.
- Unsupported: no source was found, so the claim was softened to what is documented or removed.
- Verified (secondary): confirmed in reputable reporting, with no primary document found.
Totals (Oct 28, 2026, as of 9 p.m. UTC)
| Claims | |
|---|---|
| Verified | about 610 |
| Corrected | about 190 |
| Unsupported (softened or removed) | about 47 |
| Of the verified, secondary sources only | about 87 |
Corrections that mattered most
- Prop 5: the page said a replacement candidate won with less support than the recalled governor "as happened in 2003." The 2003 vote count shows this is false, so it was removed.
- Prop 40: the 5% tax applies to a billionaire's whole net worth, not just the part above $1B. LAO
- Props 37, 38 and 44: the accountability sections were checked against each measure's official text.
- Prop 37 does require an independent annual audit, though not a public one.
- Prop 38 does create a Controller-chaired oversight committee.
- Prop 44 does name the Department of Public Health and the Attorney General as enforcers.
- Prop 44: the overview said a "racketeering suit" was pending. No source supports this, so it was removed.
- Prop 38: the cost is $500–600M a year for about 20 years. LAO The "$12B" figure and "12 FDA fast-track designations" were unsupported and removed.
- Governor: the NYT Pulitzer was 2023, not 2024. HHS is not "the largest federal agency." Two campaign-position claims were removed because no source supported them.
- Prop 44: a reviewer first "corrected" the 2018 dialysis vote from 40% to 43%. A second check against the certified count (40.07%) reversed that. Mistakes in the review are logged too.
- Local: Miki Inbody is Fontana Unified's sitting superintendent, not a former one. A candidate slate claim is now labeled as coming from the group's own paid press release.
Per-page logs
The claim-by-claim tables, with the quote or change for each item:
- Attorney General
- Controller
- Governor
- Insurance Commissioner
- Lean sections
- Lieutenant Governor
- State Assembly, District 50
- Board of Equalization, District 1
- U.S. House, District 35
- San Bernardino County (countywide)
- Local lean additions
- Overview
- Pr4 accountability
- Prop 1
- Prop 2
- Prop 3
- Prop 37
- Prop 38
- Prop 39
- Prop 4
- Prop 40
- Prop 41
- Prop 42
- Prop 43
- Prop 44
- Prop 45
- Prop 5
- Secretary of State
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Treasurer
- Voting basics
Not yet checked
All 14 propositions, all statewide offices, the overview and voting basics are fully checked, along with the County, Congress District 35, Assembly District 50 and Board of Equalization District 1 pages and the highest-stakes local candidate claims. Still being checked: the other district pages and most city pages, including the new "At a glance" and "Red flags" lines on local candidates. Until a page appears here, read its claims with more caution.
Limits
Campaign money totals change daily; figures are as of the date shown on each page. Polls are single snapshots. "Our read" lines are the guide's analysis, not facts, and are reviewed separately for logic.