California State Government
- The Legislative Process: A Citizen's Guide to Participation. How does a law get passed? How can you get involved? (PDF File.1.3MB from the State Senate)
- The Budgetary Process. How is your tax money spent? (PDF File. 270K from the State Senate)
- Who are your elected officials serving in Sacramento?
State Government Web sites
Below find links to Web sites concerned with the California state government. Once you click on one of these links, you will leave the League of Women Voters of California Web site.
- California State Government
- The California Legislature
- CA Secretary of State
- Cal-Access (Campaign Finance Info)
- Fair Political Practices Commission
- California Courts
Other Organizations
Once you click on one of these links, you will leave the League of Women Voters of California Web site.
- California Budget Project. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established to promote a better understanding of state fiscal policy issues in order to promote a healthy public sector based on a fair and equitable tax system.
- The California Channel. "C-Span" for the California Legislature.
- California Environmental Resources Evaluation System(CERES). Environmental data about California to improve environmental analysis and planning.
- California 2000 Project (C2K). A library of information on seven quality of of life issues important to California's future: affordable housing, clean air & water, jobs & the economy, neighborhood health & safety, parks & open space, schools & education, and traffic & transportation.
- California First Amendment Coalition. Promoting and defending the people's right to know since 1988, CFAC focuses on assisting people having difficulty participating in their government.
- California Grand Jurors' Association. Mission: to promote government accountability by improving the training and resources available to California’s 58 regular grand juries and educating the public about the substantial local government oversight and reporting powers these grand juries have.
- California Library Literacy Services. Mission: to enable Californians of all ages to reach their literacy goals and use library services effectively. Find your local library literacy service.
- California Voter Foundation. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization promoting and applying the responsible use of technology to improve the democratic process.
- EdSource. An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization "dedicated to providing impartial, clearly presented information about California school finance and other critical education issues".
- Election Administration Research Center at UC Berkeley (EARC). Seeks to improve the administration of elections through research, education, and public outreach. The current EARC research program involves a systematic study of poll worker training in California counties with the aim of assessing variation, determining areas for standardization, and making recommendations for improvement of poll worker training methods and practices.
- MAPLight.org. Money and Politics: Illuminating the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes to help citizens hold their California legislators accountable.
- NextTen. An independent, nonpartisan organization that engages and educates Californians to improve our future economy and quality of life. Build your own state budget!
- Project Vote Smart. Includes information on the State of California.
- Tax records of Charitable Trusts from the Attorney General. Scans of tax records of nonprofit organizations from 1998 if more than $25,000 in assets.