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California Government and Public Policy
Internet Resources

November 2007

Gateway Sites
Academic and Research Sites
State Agencies
Selected Agencies
Selected Resources
State Legislature and Law
Legislative Bodies
Legislative Caucuses
Law and Legislation
Courts and Case Law
Other Resources
Local and Regional Government
Cities and Counties
Directories of Official Sites
Selected Official Sites
Regional Agencies
Selected Organizations
Resources
Media
Northern California
Southern California
Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections
Ballot Measure Information/Analysis
Campaign Finance
Election Returns and Voter Registration
Local Elections
Political Parties and Organizations
Other Resources
Public Opinion
Public Policy
Public Interest/Advocacy Sites
General
Economic Policy
Environmental Policy and Planning
Social Policy
Tax and Budget Policy
Other Resources
Statistics
From the California Dept. of Finance
From Other Sources

[index] [top] Gateway Sites

[index] [top] Academic and Research Sites

  • California Higher Education Policy Center (1992-1997)
    Established under a five-year grant from the James Irvine Foundation, "the Center wrote and commissioned numerous reports and studies on the state and future higher education in California."
  • California Historical Society
  • California Institute for Federal Policy Research
    "The Institute's mission is to identify issues critical to the economic health of California, to coordinate the development of research data pertaining to these issues, and to communicate this policy research information to the California Congressional delegation..."
  • California Policy Research Center (University of California)
    "A systemwide research and public service program charged with applying the extensive research expertise of the UC system to the analysis, development and implementation of state policy and federal policy issues of statewide importance."
  • California Research Bureau (California State Library)
    "Provides nonpartisan, confidential research to the Governor's Office, members of both houses of the Legislature, and other state constitutional officers."
  • California Studies Association
    "An independent, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the study and exchange of ideas about California, past and present, its people, politics, economy, environment, arts, history, and literature."
  • California Studies Center (University of California, Berkeley)
    Goals include advancing "scholarly research on the past and present of the State of California, unbounded by disciplinary restrictions."
  • Center for California Studies (California State University, Sacramento)
    "A public service, educational support, and applied research institute ... dedicated to promoting a better understanding of California's government, politics, peoples, cultures and history."
  • Institute of Urban & Regional Development (University of California, Berkeley)
    Conducts "research into processes of urban and regional growth and decline, and effects of governing policies on the patterns and processes of development."
  • Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics (University of Southern California)
    "Conducts a variety of programs that permit students to interact with public officials to learn about the issues that affect them and their community."
  • Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs (California State University, Los Angeles)
    "Dedicated to continuing the progressive urban legacy of former California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (1959-1967), and serving as the primary vehicle through which Cal State L.A. carries out its urban mission."
  • Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
    "An independent policy research center whose primary aim is to enrich education policy debates with sound analysis and hard evidence."
  • Public Policy Institute of California
    "A private nonprofit organization dedicated to independent, objective, nonpartisan research on economic, social and political issues that affect the lives of Californians."
  • Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (Claremont Graduate School)
    "Conducts and disseminates objective, policy-relevant research and its implications to decision makers on key issues affecting Latino communities."
  • Southern California Studies Center (University of Southern California)
    "Goal is to monitor and guide the transformations in environment, politics, economics, culture and society of Southern California."
  • UC Agricultural Issues Center (University of California, Davis)
    "A forum where crucial trends and policy issues affecting agriculture and natural resources in California and the West are analyzed and the results made available to both policymakers and to those affected by policies."

[index] [top] State Agencies

Selected Agencies

[index] Selected Resources

  • California Roster (2003- ) (Secretary of State)
    Directory of state officeholders and agencies, and city and county governments. pdf file.
  • Governors of California (California State Library)
    Each entry includes a brief bibliography, official portrait, inaugural addresses, and a timeline of major events which occurred during the governor's tenure.

[index] [top] State Legislature and Law

Legislative Bodies

[index] Legislative Caucuses

[index] Law and Legislation

[index] Courts and Case Law

  • California Case Law, 1934-Present (FindLaw & AccessLaw)
    Free access to California Supreme Court and appellate court case law.
  • California Courts (Official site of the judicial branch of California)
    Includes "slip opinions published by the California Supreme Court and the California Courts of Appeal in the last 100 days."
  • State Bar of California
  • Law.com - California
    Subscription service providing daily access to "local court rules, state and federal appellate opinions, and information on all cases before the state Supreme Court."

[index] Other Resources

[index] [top]Local and Regional Government

Cities and Counties

Directories of Official Sites [index]
Selected Official Sites [index]

[index] Regional Agencies

[index] Selected Organizations

[index] Resources

[index] [top]Media

[index] Northern California

[index] Southern California

[index] [top]Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections

Ballot Measure Information/Analysis

[index] Campaign Finance

[index] Election Returns and Voter Registration

Local Elections [index]

Political Parties and Organizations [index]

Other Resources [index]

  • California Voter Foundation
    "A clearinghouse of nonpartisan political information providing the public with convenient, 24-hour access to the "raw materials" of democratic life. CVF's web site and voter guides are easy to navigate, free to users and free of advertisements."     County Elections Officials (Secretary of State) DNet California (League of Women Voters Education Fund and Center for Governmental Studies)
     "An interactive website designed to improve the quality and quantity of voter information and create a more educated and involved electorate."     League of Women Voters of California Politics1 - California
    Directory of candidates and state news sources.     Smart Voter (League of Women Voters of California)
     "Offers extensive background information on candidates in participating counties as well as information on state and local ballot measures." Was the first site to offer personalized election information based on a voter's address.
  • UCLA Online Campaign Literature Archive (UCLA Library)
    Online digital archive of California campaign materials, with a focus on Los Angeles, dating from 1908.

[index] [top] Public Opinion

  • Bay Area Polls (1998- ) (Bay Area Council)
    Annual survey of Bay Area residents regarding their opinions about economic and quality of life issues in the region.     Field Poll (Field Institute)
    Prominent nonpartisan statewide poll. Press releases from the poll are online, 1993- . Called the California Poll until July 1992. The Social Sciences Data Collection at U.C. San Diego maintains a searchable database of questions from the Field Poll, 1979- .     Los Angeles Times Polls
    National, statewide and local polls. Includes archive dating back to 1992.     PPIC Statewide Surveys (Public Policy Institute of California)
    Launched in 1998 with the purpose of "providing independent, objective information on the social, economic, and political forces affecting California elections and public policy preferences."
  • Survey and Policy Research Institute (San Jose State University)
    Produces the California Consumer Confidence Survey, the Silicon Valley Consumer Confidence Survey, and polls on various other topics.

[index] [top] Public Policy

Public Interest/Advocacy Sites

General
  • California Common Cause
    "A 35,000-member, non-profit, non-partisan organization that lobbies for campaign finance and ethics reform at both the state and local level in California."     California Institute of Public Affairs
    "An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to improving policy-making on complex public issues."     California 2000 Project (James Irvine Foundation and William & Flora Hewlett Foundation)
    Supports "policy research and public education on fiscal, governance, and land use reform issues in California."     California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG)
     "CALPIRG is an advocate for the public interest. When consumers are cheated, or our natural environment is threatened, or the voice of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, CALPIRG speaks up and takes action."     Center for Governmental Studies
    "Designs and helps implement innovative approaches to improve the processes of media and governance. The Center also works in substantive areas of campaign finance, ballot initiatives, digital divide, higher education, health care and state and local finance."     Claremont Institute
    "The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life."     Community Collaboration
    A resource for "building community collaboration and consensus."
  • Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy
    "Promotes the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government."
Economic Policy [index]
Environmental Policy and Planning [index]
Social Policy [index]
Tax and Budget Policy [index]

Other Resources [index]

[index] [top]Statistics

From the California Dept. of Finance:

From Other Sources: [index]