California Local Government Documents

The IGS Library collects budgets and financial reports, planning documents, and ordinance codes from cities and counties across California. Under state law the Library is a depository for these publications.

For a list of California local codes, see Codes and charters.

A collection of city and county documents related to land use and development can be searched in Local planning documents.

The IGS Library collects digital versions of California local government documents, including:

California Climate Action Plans - Both county and city documents.
San Francisco Bay Area City Financial Documents - Budgets and financial reports for Bay Area cities.
County Financial Documents - Budgets and annual financial reports.
County Grand Jury Reports - Annual reports from county grand juries.

Find it in the catalog!

The IGS Library collection includes books, serials, and ephemeral material dating back to the early 1900s.

OskiCat includes records for items cataloged at IGSL since 1983.

Material from before the early 1980s can be found through our subject book catalog (1918-77), subject card catalog (1978-83), and author card catalog (1918-83).

While the library is closed to the public due to the pandemic, IGS library staff is available to help with searching for older material and providing scans if requested. Please email igsl [at] berkeley.edu with your requests.