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California Codes/Statutes

• Codes searchable by word or code number. This is maintained by the Office of the Legislative Counsel and is updated twice a day. 

California Bills

• Legislative information on bill language, votes, history, bill analysis, statutes, and more.  

Legislative Information

• Assembly Resources
• Senate Resources

California Law Review Commission

• Assists the Legislature and Governor by examining California law and recommending needed reforms Materials relating to Commission studies are searchable on the website.

Legislative Analyst Office 

• Fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature, analyzing the budget and providing many useful reports on financing and programming in policy areas such as criminal justice, education, natural resources and environment, capital outlay and infrastructure, and health and human services. 

California Code of Regulations (CCR)

• The California Office of Administrative Law maintains links to State and Federal regulations and information about the Administrative Procedure Act. Administrative agencies adopt, amend and repeal regulations under the authority granted to them by either constitutional provisions or statutes. Unless the Legislature has created an exemption, agencies must follow the procedures in the Administrative Procedure Act when adopting, amending or repealing regulations. 
• Proposed and underground regulations: provided for free by Westlaw.
• Search California Agencies: search the over 200 agencies creating and implementing regulations, 

Other Regulations not in the CCR

• California Building Standards Code provides information on the the adoption, approval, publication and implementation of California's building codes. This section of the law is unique because it includes standards adopted by state agencies from the national model code and codes authorized by the California Legislature. 
• California Department of Social Services provides policies, procedures, and regulations for the agency. 

Local Code Providers

• America Legal Publishing: Codes for 58 municipalities around the state.
• Municode: Over 200 codes for municipalities around the state. 

UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies

• Depository of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California cities and counties.

Institute for Local Government

• Government information at the local level with practical, impartial and easy-to-use resources for California communities.