Steve Hilton discusses his controversial early pandemic broadcasts on Fox News with Joe Lonsdale.
Assertion Supported
Hilton: California's 2016 Housing First law bans sobriety requirements for homeless shelters
“They passed a law in 2016, the only state in America to do it implementing in legislation this approach called Housing First. Which says that you've got to, the number one thing is, and it sounds like a sensible thing, of course, give homeless people housing, …”
Assertion Supported
Hilton: Developing 1% more California land would house 10 million people
“If we increase the development footprint of California from five percent to six percent, which would still put us really low in, in terms of other states, you could have housing for ten million people in single family homes on quarter acre lots”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hilton: 70% of UK policy came from EU directives and internal bureaucracy
“And it turned out that about 70% of it, I said, what proportion of it is necessary for the implementation of what we're supposed to be here to do, the actual program of the coalition government? The answer is 30%. The rest of it was either implementing EU dire…”
Assertion Partly supported
Hilton: Lawyers and government unions are California Democrats' primary funders
“Lawyers, along with government unions, are the main funders of Democrat politicians in California.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hilton: Many California restaurants budget $1M annually for PAGA workplace lawsuits
“Many restaurant owners I meet, they say they factor into their cost of doing business a million dollars a year for PAGA lawsuits.”
Assertion Contradicted
Hilton: California government unions spend $1 billion annually on political contributions
“The government unions, by the way, it's a billion dollars a year. So one billion dollars a year. To politics. Just from the unions.”