State of California Information

Links to a variety of legislative, regulatory and federal links, with an emphasis on supporting research at CSUSM.

 

State-wide Resources

• State of California Home Page
• Cities & Other Governments (San Diego County followed by regional and other counties and cities of California)
• Municipal & County Codes and Ordinances in California (FindLaw)
• California's Full Regional Federal Depository is the CA State Library's Government Publications Section
• California Channel (Press conferences, legislative discussions and more. Online schedule available)

 

Executive Links (Governor's Office)

• Governor's home page
• State Agency Index

 

Main Legislative Links

• Official Legislative Information (status of bills, California law)
  • State Constitution
  • 1849 State Constitution
  • California Code (the laws of California, divided into 29 codes, or topic areas)
  • Bill Information (current status and historical information from 1993-94 session on)
  • Legislative Publications (handbooks, reports, and journals of Senate and Assembly activities)
• California Legislature audio and television links
  • California Channel offers recent and some archived television recordings of legislative activity as a public service of the California Cable Television Industry
• California Assembly
• Find your Assembly Member by zipcode
• State Senate
• Find your State Senator by zipcode

 

Main Judicial Links

• California Courts
• California Supreme Court
• California Appellate Courts
• California Superior Courts

 

Sites of Special Interest to CSUSM Researchers

• CEDAR - California Economic Diversification and Revitalization
• California Economic Indicators
• California Labor Market Info
• California Energy Commission
• California Climate Change Portal
• California Research Bureau Reports (reports by a variety of non-partisan researchers on California issues to inform the Governor and other officials)

 

Federal Senators and Representatives for California

• Senator Barbara Boxer (D)
• Senator Diane Feinstein (D)
   
• Representative (50th District) Brian Bilbray (R)
• Representatives for California and other States and How to find your Representative

 

Federal Links Specific to California

• National Archives and Records Administration (Pacific Region Center is located in Laguna Niguel)
• Census Quickfacts for California (note there are links to County and City level as well as related datasets)

 

Special Interest

• California State Parks
• California Patient's Guide: Your Health Care Rights and Remedies

 

Non-Governmental Sites

• Archive of Campaign Promises Snippets of public statements on issues by California candidates, part of the California Voter Foundation
• California Ballot Propositions Database (University of California Hastings College of the Law Library) A database of California propositions since 1911.
• California Government Resources (UCSD)
• California Map Series (California Voter.org site for various political divisions)
• California Report (Daily and weekly radio program by KQED carried on public radio)
• Counting California (Social science and economic data provided by California Digital and State Libraries)
• FindLaw California (Free database of case law in California since 1934.)
• Political Graveyard (Variety of information on former representatives and senators)
• Rand California (CSUSM users in the Research Databases, access to a variety of reports and data on California)
• UCLA Library Online Campaign Literature Archive (featuring California campaigns, but also including national campaigns focusing on California interests)

 

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