State Legislature & Law

• Assembly
• Senate
• Legislative Analyst
• Legislative Counsel

Legislative Caucuses

• Assembly Democratic Caucus
• Assembly Republican Caucus
• Senate Majority Caucus
• Senate Republican Caucus
• Smart Growth Caucus
• Black Caucus
• Latino Caucus

Law and Legislation

• Official California Legislative Information. Online www.leginfo.ca.gov/. Entry point for full-text access to bills, statutes, codes and legislative histories. 1993/94 session onward.
• Assembly and Senate Final Histories. Online though 1995-1996 192.234.213.35/clerkarchive/. In print at the Main Library: Assembly, J87C2ec.A34; Senate, J87.C2eb.A34 (latest 20 years in Govt Ref, earlier years in stacks). Bill histories, with indexes by author and subject.
• [Commentary on Bills and Legislation]. Search by key words from the titles and subject matter of the bills, and by the bill authors' names. Check the bill authors' official websites for press releases and other commentary.

Legislative Scorecards

• [Scorecards of Voting Records of California Legislators]. Scorecards from a sampling of organizations:
• California Chamber of Commerce. Online from 2000 http://www.calchamber.com/CC/GovernmentRelations/BillTracking/Default.htm. Scroll down to bottom of page Legislator Voting Record. Earlier issues appear as articles in the Chamber’s Alert newsletter. Check the Oct.-Nov. issues.
• California League of Conservation Voters. Online from 1988 www.ecovote.org/scorecard/
• California Taxpayers' Association. Online 2002, 2004.
• Friends Committee on Legislation of California. Online from 1998 www.webcom.com/~peace/PEACTREE/fcl/newsold.html. The "Voting Records" appear as articles in Nov.-Dec. issue of the Committee’s FCL Newsletter.
• Gun Owners of California. Online from 1999 www.gunownersca.com/leg/index.htm.
• National Organization for Women. California Chapter.Online from 1997 canow.org/. Enter "Legislative Report Card" in the search box on the homepage for the list of scorecards.
• California Political Almanac. Print. Biennial. Includes interest group rankings in legislator profiles. Ceased publication with 1999/2000 edition, but still useful for information on incumbents.
• [Interest Group Rankings of Congressmembers]. CQ's Politics in America and the Almanac of American Politics include interest group rankings.
• Congressional Report Cards Online www.vis.org/crc/default.aspx. Database of interest group rankings.

• Bills, 1993- (Legislative Counsel)
  Searchable full-text database.
• Statutes, 1993- (Legislative Counsel)
  Searchable full-text database.
• Statutes, 1850-1992 (Assembly Office of the Chief Clerk)
  Full-text. Also includes: Assembly Journals, 1849-1993; and Histories and Indexes, 1881-1995.
• Codes (Legislative Counsel)
  California's 29 subject-based codes, searchable by keyword and via tables of contents.
• California Code of Regulations (California Office of Administrative Law)
• Legislative Histories, Assembly and Senate, 1881-1995 (Assembly Office of the Chief Clerk)
  Full-text. Also includes: Assembly Journals, 1849-1993; and Statutes, 1850-1992.
• Locating the Law (4th ed., 2001) (Southern California Association of Law Libraries)
  "A handbook for non-law librarians, with an emphasis on California law."
• State Administrative Manual (California Dept. of General Services)
• State Constitution (Legislative Counsel)

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."

Other Resources

• Capitol Enquiry, Inc.
  Publisher of California state government directories.
• The California Channel
  Public affairs programming, including live coverage of the California Legislature.