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The States

State and Local Government on the Net; a Piper Resource Guide

LexisNexis State Capitol

California

State of California Official Site

California State Library

The Governor's Office

The Legislature

California Assembly
California Senate

Reference and Information Sources

Directories

BorderBase (A binational directory connecting organizations    and communities along the California-Baja California border)
California Assembly
California Senate
California on-line directory

Elections

California Ballot Measures
Campaign Finance, including Fundraising Reports
Statement of the Vote; Official Election Statistics 

Education

California Department of Education
Ed-Data: Fiscal, Demographic, and Performance Data, 

    K-12 Schools

Environment and Resources

Bay Institute of San Francisco
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
California Coastal Commission
 California's Water

               California Department of Water Resources

       State Water Resources Board

California's Wetlands
California's Wildlife

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
USGS Water Resources in California

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History

California Historical Society

Laws and Legislature

The Assembly
California Codes
California's Legislature
Code of Regulations (administrative rulings)
Glossary of Legislative Terms
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Official California Legislative Information
The Senate
Senate and Assembly Bills
State Constitution
Statutes

Statistics

California County Profiles
California Statistical Abstract

Counting California
County Business Patterns: California
County and City Data Book, 2000
Crime Data

Dept. of Finance, financial, economic and demographic
Ed-Data: Fiscal, Demographic, and Performance Data, 

    K-12 Schools
 Population Data Tables

         California Demographics

         Bay Area Census
Transportation and Travel

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Regional Agencies

Association of Bay Area Governments, ABAG online
California Tahoe Conservancy
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Southern California Association of Governments

County and City Governments

California Local Government Information Website
City, County & LAFCO Information
California Local Planning Documents

California Counties

California County Profiles
California State Association of Counties
San Mateo County
Santa Clara County

California Cities

National City Government Resource Center
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose