“California Gov. Gavin Newsom “refused to sign” a declaration that would have allowed water to flow from Northern California to "the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way" to “protect an essentially worthless fish.”
What FactCheck.org found
But water policy experts told us there’s no connection between state water regulations or water flowing from the north and the ability to fight the fire.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President-elect) made this claim around 8 January 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 January 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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