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  California State Government Issues, 1982-1998
   CSUF Library Resources on California State Government Issues 1982-1998
 
  • Directories of California Officials
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  • Secondary Sources: Books
  • Primary Sources: Laws
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  • Books—Library Catalog Search Strategies
  • Articles (journal & newspaper)—Electronic Databases
  • Web Sites

  • Directories of California Officials    top
    These sources identify state government officials from 1982-present.

    California Legislature at Sacramento: biographies and photographs of senate and assembly members and officers, lists of senate and assembly members and committees—CSUF owns 1935-2006
    DOCS STATE  CALIF L500 A1 D5 CATALOG RECORD

    Roster: California State, county, city and township officials, state officials of the United States—CSUF owns 1956-2004 
    DOCS STATE  CALIF S400 D5a CATALOG RECORD

    Who's Who in the California Legislature—CSUF owns 1991-2002
    DOCS STATE  CALIF L500 A1 C34 CATALOG RECORD

    California Blue Book [special Sesquicentennial edition]
    DOCS DESK  CALIF G125 M3 2000
    CATALOG RECORD

    Primer of California Politics (1997) CATALOG RECORD
    DOCS DESK CALIF L432 P64 1997 

    Almanac of California Government and Politics—CSUF owns 1983-1989
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH JK8701 .C341x 
    CATALOG RECORD

    California Political Almanac—CSUF owns 1989-current date
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH JK8701 .C341x CATALOG RECORD


    Secondary Sources—Books     top
    These sources
    identify major issues in California government and politics.

    California Journal—CSUF owns 1970-current date 
    PERIODICALS JK8701 .C33 CATALOG RECORD

    California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH HN79.C23 P83 2000 CATALOG RECORD

    California Policy Choices—1984-date
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH JK8701 .C35 CATALOG RECORD

    California: Its Government and Politics
    DOCS DESK JK8716 .R67 1991 
    CATALOG RECORD
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH JK8716 .R67 1988 CATALOG RECORD

    Constitutional Reform in California
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  JK8716 .C65 1995
    CATALOG RECORD

    Power and Politics in California
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  JK8795 .S94 2000
    CATALOG RECORD

    Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  HD211.C2 P56 1999 CATALOG RECORD

    California: An Owner's Manual
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  JS451.C25 C25 1997
    CATALOG RECORD

    California Government and Politics Today
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH JK8716 .S63 1990 CATALOG RECORD

    California Government Today: Politics of Reform
    Five editions 1980,1984, 1988, 1992, 1996—Se
    arch Library Catalog by title

    Making Government Work: California Cases in Policy, Politics, and Public Management
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  JK8749.P64 M34 2000 
    CATALOG RECORD

    Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  JK8716 .S37 1998 
    CATALOG RECORD

    Willie Brown: A Biography
    SIXTH FLOOR SOUTH  F866.4.B76 R53 1996 CATALOG RECORD

    California Public Management Casebook
    FIFTH FLOOR SOUTH  JK8749.P64 C354 1999 CATALOG RECORD


    Primary Sources: Laws    top
    These sources help to find laws, legislative histories and summaries, and other primary sources.

    Summary Digest of Statutes Enacted and Resolutions (1969-1996)—index is in middle of volume CATALOG RECORD

    Digest of Legislation
    DOCS STATE  CALIF L551 S53

    Ballot Propositions 1911-date
    Searchable database on California ballot propositions to date. Full text of the propositions, accompanying material in the voters' pamphlets, related legislative history, and digital images [PDF] of the voters' pamphlets. Search by keywords and/or proposition number; limit your search by year[s], and whether it passed or failed. From U.C. Hastings College of the Law Library.

    California Ballot Pamphlets, 1996-date

    California Legislative Information

    California Legislative Analyst's Office
    To retrieve a list of all LAO publications from 1985 to current date, search LAO's Publication Index
    .

    California Courts

    Economic Report of the Governor—1964-present
    DOCS STATE  CALIF G275 E2 CATALOG RECORD

    Governor's Budget Summary—1981-current date CATALOG RECORD

    Little Hoover Commission reports—many titles
    DOCS STATE  CALIF G250

    Little Hoover Commission, 1962-1992: Three Decades of Reform
    DOCS STATE  CALIF G250 L57 1993 CATALOG RECORD & INTERNET LINK

    Making Government Work Better: Information Technology, An Important Tool for A More Effective Government
    DOCS STATE   CALIF L425 I562 CATALOG RECORD

    California Issues (1996)
    DOCS STATE  CALIF L550 I88 1996  CATALOG RECORD

    Ethnic Context, Race Relations, and California Politics
    DOCS STATE  CALIF P824 E85  CATALOG RECORD

    Minority Political Empowerment: The Changing Face of California? 
    DOCS STATE  CALIF S2059 M56 CATALOG RECORD

    Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellowship journal - 1990-1994 - several titles
    DOCS STATE  CALIF L525 J47

    ARTICLES - FINDING NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL ARTICLES
    See Library Research Guide for Political Science


    Catalog Search Strategies   top
    The following search examples find books in the CSUF Library.

    SUBJECT: california politics and government

    SUBJECT: courts california

    AUTHOR: california legislature
    Note: While viewing results list, click on Limit/Sort and limit to titles published between 1981 and 1999 to retrieve 1074 committee hearings and other California documents.

    KEYWORDS: california government policy


    Articles—Databases [CSUF only]    top
    To find newspaper and journal articles, search subscription databases.

    Journals: Political Science
    Newspapers: Los Angeles Times Historical
    Newspapers: America's Historical Newspapers


    Web Sites     top
    The following web sites provide reports on many social and economic issues in California.
    Search each site by keywords.

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    Created 4/26/02. Updated 05/05/08.