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California Legislation & Law
Legislation | Guides | Law and Regulations | News and Article Databases
California State Legislature
Access to the full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, and their status, history, votes, analyses, and veto messages are available. (1993-current)
- California State Legislature Audio and TV
Listen to live Assembly and Sentate Hearings, Floor Sessions, and Press Conferences over the Internet.- The California Channel
Watch live California Senate and House Proceedings from May 2006 to current.Ballot Initiatives (Secretary of State)
- California Ballot Initiatives (1912-Present) from Hastings Law Library
Searchable databases that contains the full text of the initiatives, accompanying material relating to their filing & qualification, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of pertinent documents- California Ballot Propositions (1911-Present) from Hastings Law School
Comprehensive, searchable database of California ballot measures from 1911 to the present. The Hastings site also offers PDF versions of ballot pamphlets from 1911 to the present.Legislators and Districts
Use a zip code to find what Legislators (Assembly Members and Senators) represent that area, or find your district.California Political Almanac (UCLA only)
Includes profiles on the state's government officials in both California and the nation's Capitol, along with overviews and essays on all the major players and events influencing the state's branches of government.Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)
Provides fiscal and policy advice to the State Legislature; known for its fiscal and programmatic expertise and nonpartisan analyses of the state's budget.Statewide Database (UCB IGS)
Access to maps, data, and reports for 1990 and 2000 Redistricting.California Policy Inbox (UCB IGS Library)
Updates and access to what is new in California public policy research and news.
Guides to the Legislative Process
California Political Almanac 2005-2006 online, earlier editions in print
California Roster 2003-current, earlier editions in print
A listing of California’s public officeholders, including our United States government officials, the Constitutional officers, members of the State Senate and Assembly, the Judicial branch, county officials, and Incorporated city and town officials. It also includes a history of California’s office holders, descriptions of the state emblems, a listing of all state agencies, departments, boards and commissions, a listing of the unincorporated areas, and information on the state officials for each state in the nation.Legislative Research (California State Legislature)
includes links to the Senate Legislative (Daily) Journal (2000 session - present) and
Assembly Legislative (Daily) Journal (1995 - present).
For Senate and Assembly Sessions 1849-1994 see Legislative Documents Archives (California State AssemblyChief Clerk)Legislative Process (California State Assembly, Office of the Chief Clerk)
Includes a Guide to Legislative Research, Lifecycle of Legislaton, and more.California's Legislature (California State Assembly, Office of the Chief Clerk)
Handbook on the legislature and legislative process.Tracing California Legislation (CSU Fresno,UCSB, UCSC)
California Legislative History (UCLA Law Library)
Guide to the sources at UCLA for researching Legislative Intent in California.
California Law
California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes.Lexis Nexis Academic Select Legal Research > State Codes (UC Only)
Access to Deerings Official State Codes, Constitution, Rules, Advanced Legislative Service, and State Attorney's General Opinions for all 50 States.How to find California Statutes (UCLA Law Library)
California Code of Regulations
Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-Law Librarians, 4th ed. (Southern California Association of Law Librarians) Includes information on California and Federal Laws and Regulations.
- Today's News see especially: Politics and Opinion
- 1984 to Current via NewsBank (UC Only)
- Microfilm: 1908-Current; Evening Bee 1891-1907; Daily Bee 1857-1890
Sacramento Bee
Newspapers
Access to full-text newspapers like the LA Times and New York Times and other online newspaper indexing resources.
California History (Index)
Selected article text for v.79:no.4(2000:winter)- (UCLA Only)
California Journal 1970-2003 in print
State Net
UCLA does not subscribe, access is limited to freely available content.
Expanded Academic (UC Only)
Other State and Local Governments