State and Local Governments
California State Government

California State Homepage (http://www.ca.gov/)
California On-Line Directory (http://www.cold.ca.gov/)
California Roster (http://www.sos.ca.gov/admin/ca-roster.htm)
The Roster is a reference tool listing names and addresses of state officials, agencies and deparments in addition to local government information.
Your Legislature (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html)
Enter your zip code to find your State Senator or Assembly representative.

Selected California Data and Statistics

California Statistical Abstract (http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/stat-abs/sa_home.htm) [Dept. of Finance]
Annual compilation of data on social, economic, and physical aspects of the state.
California Environmental Information Catalog (http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/)
The California Environmental Catalog is an online directory for reporting and discovery of information resources for California.
More California Statistical Data (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/state/statistics.php)

Voting and Elections

Election and Voter Information (http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm) [California Secretary of State]
On-line voter registration (http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/votereg1.html)
California Ballot Pamphlets, database 1911 to present (http://holmes.uchastings.edu/ballot_pdf/)
Ballot Propositions database, 1911 to present (http://holmes.uchastings.edu/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=calprop.txt&id=webber&pass=webber&OK=OK) [via Hastings]
Ballot Initiatives database, 1912 to present (http://holmes.uchastings.edu/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=calinits.txt&id=webber&pass=webber&OK=OK) [via Hastings]
California Voter Foundation (http://www.calvoter.org/)
The California Voter Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to shaping a more informed and engaged electorate by emphasizing the use of new technologies.
League of Women Voters of California (http://ca.lwv.org/)

California State Laws and Regulations

California State Constitution (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/const.html)
California Legislature Portal (http://www.legislature.ca.gov/)
This site is a portal for California legislative information, including daily events in the legislature, status of bills in the Senate and Assembly (Bill Information), online versions of the state constitution and statutes (California Law), finding your state representative (Your Legislature), and online versions of the Senate and Assembly Daily Journals, and other publications (Legislative Publications).
California State Senate (http://www.sen.ca.gov/)
California State Assembly (http://www.assembly.ca.gov/)
Citizen's Guide to the Legislative Process (http://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/Citizens.aspx?Content1=1086)
California Code of Regulations (http://www.calregs.com)
California Courts (Judicial Branch) (http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/)

Selected Agency Links

California Agencies, Departments and Commissions (http://www.ca.gov/CaSearch/Agencies.aspx)
California State Contracts Register (http://www.eprocure.dgs.ca.gov/default.htm)
State contracting opportunities list
California Office of the Attorney General, Publications and Crime Statistics (http://caag.state.ca.us/publications/)
California Department of Education (http://www.cde.ca.gov/)
California Department of Social Services (http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/)
Cal-Atlas Geospatial Clearinghouse (http://www.atlas.ca.gov/download.html)
California Geographic Information Systems (GIS) web portal providing access to statewide GIS data, information on State government GIS activities, and links to the larger California GIS community.
CERES: The California Environmental Resources Evalutation System (http://ceres.ca.gov/)
Information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich and diverse environments.
California Labor Market Information (http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/)
California State Franchise Tax Board (http://www.ftb.ca.gov/)
California State Income Tax forms are available through the California State Franchise Tax Board WWW Server.
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (http://www.trpa.org/)
UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project (http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/)
The University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project was established in 1980 to develop and promote the use of integrated, ecologically sound pest management programs in California. The site includes California and Davis weather data and products.
Patricia (Patsy) Inouye
State and Local Government Information Bibliographer
Special Collections Department
(530) 752‑1656