Government Publications and Law
California Government Resources
Page Contains:
- The California Executive Branch
- The California Legislative Branch
- Bills and Legislation
- Legislative Publications and Guides
- California State Senate
- California State Assembly
- The California Judicial Branch
- Elections and Politics
- Laws & Regulations
- Other Sources
California Executive Branch
- State of California Homepage
- The Governor's Office
- State of California Directory of State Agencies
- State of California Telephone Directory
- California Secretary of State
- Elections, politics, business programs, state archives, etc.
- The California State Library
- CRB Reports
- Search California Research Bureau Reports by subject
California Legislative Branch
California Bills and Legislation
- Bill Information
- From the Legislative Counsel. Updated daily, 1993/94 to current; "full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, and their status, history, votes, analyses, and veto messages"
- Tracing California Legislation
- From UCSC; handout on how to find and trace California legislation
- Compiling a California Legislative History
- From Hastings College of the Law; research guide on finding the legislative history of California law/statutes
California Legislative Publications and Guides
- California State Legislature homepage
- California Legislature Handbook
- Biographies and photographs of legislators, committee memberships and schedules, rules and standards of conduct, etc.; large PDF document
- California's Legislature
- An in-depth introduction to California government; includes "state history, constitutional and election law, term limits, state emblems, legislative procedure, the executive and judicial branches, and a legislative glossary."
- California Legislative Publications
- Includes Senate and Assembly Daily Journals; Assembly Handbook including biographies and photographs of members
- California Hearings & Reports Index
- From Hastings Law Library; search for California Senate and Assembly hearings and reports and agency reports from 1984 to present (NOT COMPREHENSIVE)
- California Legislative Analyst's Office
- Staff resource to all California legislators; issues special reports, analysis of initiatives and ballot measures, forecasting
- The California Channel
- Private non-profit network featuring streaming "gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the California Legislature, and to other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided"; modeled after C-SPAN
- California State Senate
- California Senate Committees
- Some transcripts and reports can be accessed through the committee pages
- California State Senate Democratic Caucus
- California State Senate Republican Caucus
- Journal of the Senate
- California Senate Daily Journal from 2004 to present
- Senate Office of Research
- "The Senate Office of Research (SOR) is a nonpartisan office charged with serving the research needs of the California State Senate and assisting Senate members and committees with the development of effective public policy"
- California State Assembly
- California Assembly Committee Directory
- California State Assembly Republican Caucus
- California State Assembly Democratic Caucus
- Journal of the Assembly
- California Assembly Daily Journal and Histories from 1849 to present
The California Judicial Branch
- California Judicial Branch
- Opinions of the California Supreme Court
- From the Judicial Council of California; opinions from 1850 and recently decided court cases ("slip opinions")
- California Law Revision Commission
- California Courts Self-Help Center
- Provided by the state to aid in finding legal assistance, learn about California law, etc. This site does not provide legal advice.
- California Codes
- Searchable California law
- Please see the California section of our Laws & Regulations page for more information
Laws & Regulations
California Constitution
California State Code
California Regulations
- California Code of Regulations
- Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations contains some copyrighted material and is unavailable at the above website. The following sites contain some parts of Title 24:
See also:
Elections and Politics
- Online Voter Registration
- Register to vote via this site from the California Secretary of State
- California Secretary of State
- Information about registering to vote, campaign finance, etc. You can also find out who your elected representatives are by entering your zip code.
- California Ballot Measures Database
- From Hastings Law Library; ballot propositions and initiatives from 1911 to 2000 and links to more recent
- Redistricting Maps
- From UCB; California redistricting maps, data, and literature
- CAL-ACCESS (California Automated Lobbying And Campaign Contribution and Expenditure Search System)
- Who gave and how much? Who received and how much?
- Analysis from the Legislative Analyst's Office
- Analysis of the probable financial implications of ballot measures
- Politics1.com: California page
- Non-governmental site of all things political in California
- Hot Topics in CA Politics
- From IGS Library at UCB. California politics and legislation, includes past ballot measures and election results
Other Sources
- Research Publications
- Find information on various topics from the Public Policy Institute of California , a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public policy in California
- UC Government Documents Web Sites & Gophers
- UC sites, with links to subject and help guides; many are federal sources, with some California links
- California Budget Project
- California State Symbols, Capital, Constitution, Flags, Maps, Song
- Query the CEQAnet Database
- Search CEQA documents from 1994-present (some provide full text)
- Find a Park
- Use this page to find information on California State Parks
Updated September 25, 2008
Contact govpubs@library.ucsc.edu
