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Government
Officials
The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
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California Voter Foundations, California Map Series, Political
District Maps
http://www.calvoter.org/voter/maps/index.html
This site provides links to pdf. maps of federal Congressional
Districts, State Senate Districts, State Assembly Districts, and
Board of Equalization Districts. The political district maps
are designed to provide a clear picture of each district's
boundaries and general location. You will need to know your district
number (either State or Congressional) in order to retrieve the map
of your district.
Los
Angeles County Registrar Recorder
http://lavote.net/Voter/Public_Officials.cfm
This site allows you to enter your address to find federal
Congressional, State Assembly and Senate,
County, Supervisorial, Board of Equalization, City, and school
district officials.
Local
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Use the following Web sites to locate information about cities,
counties, and school boards
Cities and Counties
Los Angeles
County Almanac
http://www.laalmanac.com
A unique online reference work focusing strictly on Los Angeles
County, the City of Los Angeles and the county's many other
communities. The Almanac is packed with 2,000 pages of
information culled from hundreds of public and private sources, most
of which are referenced with hyperlinks.
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
http://bos.co.la.ca.us/
Provides information about each of the county supervisors
and information about the functions of the board.
Los Angeles County Public Libraries
http://www.colapublib.org/libs/index.html
If you live in L. A. county, this is a good site to locate information about government
officials. Click on the name of the library for your area and scroll down to view
information about government officials.
Southern
California Association of Governments : Cities, Counties &
Subregions
http://www.scag.ca.gov/region/
Contains direct links to Southern California county and city
Web site addresses
School Boards
California
School Districts
http://www.kern.org/fcmat/resources/state/all.html
Provides information about selected school districts and their board members.
State
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The following Web sites will help you locate information about the California state governor,
constitutional officers, and legislature (state assembly and state senate).
In order to locate information about a state assembly or state senate member you must
first know the assembly or senate district where you live.
California
State Assembly
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/defaulttext.asp
Helps you locate your state assembly district and provides a Member Directory with
information about California State Assembly members.
California
State Elected Officials, League of Women Voters of California
http://ca.lwv.org/lwvc/edfund/repwho/repwho_state.html
Unbiased, non-partisan information about state senate
and state assembly members. Provides contact information for Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney
General, Controller, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Board of
Equalization. Provides links to locate your state senator and
state assembly member.
California
State Senate
http://www.senate.ca.gov/
Scroll down on the home page and click on the "Senators"
link. On the senators page click on the "Your
Senator" link to find "Who's your Senator?"
This will assist you to find the State Senator for your district. This site also includes a map of
senate districts and a roster of state senators.
California
State Legislature - Contacts
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/legislators_and_districts/legislators/your_legislator.html
Welcome to the California State Legislature web site, the
gateway to California's Legislative web site. Find Your
Legislator; District Map Search; Legislator's websites and Contact
Information (Assembly & Senate).
California Citizens Compensation Committee
Salaries of Elected Officials
http://www.dpa.ca.gov/cccc/salaries/main.htm
Current salaries of elected officials: past salaries of
elected officials, 2000 to 2009; past salaries of elected officials,
1990 to 1999; past salaries of elected officials before 1990.
Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
Provides facts on candidates and elected officials, tracks the performance of Congress,
follows the status of legislation, examines voting records and texts of bills.
Project Vote Smart is now collecting
speeches
for the entire Federal Executive Branch, as well.
Statewide
Database
http://swdb.berkeley.edu/
The Statewide Database (SWDB) is the redistricting database for
the state of California. In 2001, these data were used for state
legislative and local redistrictings following the 2000 Census as
mandated by law. Data collection and processing for the
redistricting are ongoing tasks conducted over a ten year period of
time, starting with the collection of the census at the beginning of
each decade. With each election between redistrictings, updated
datasets are available as a free, public resource as soon they are
processed. Currently the data are being prepared for the 2011
redistricting.
State and Local Government on
the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net
The State and Local government Internet directory
provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of
state agencies and city and county governments. Search for
State government offices. View all the websites in a given
state (includes state offices and local governments). Search
the websites of state government constitutional officers, state
legislatures, state judiciaries and departments across all states.
Federal
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Use the following Web sites to locate information about U.S. senators and U.S. House of
Representatives
California Senators to the U.S. Senate
Barbara
Boxer
http://boxer.senate.gov/
This is the online offices of
California's U.S. senator Barbara Boxer, who is elected to serve the
entire state at the Federal level.
Dianne
Feinstein
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/
This is the online offices of
California's U.S. senator Barbara Boxer, who is elected to serve the
entire state at the Federal level.
Congress.org
http://www.congress.org/
Links to three directories:
United
States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
Provides links to an alphabetical listing of all U.S. Senators and a
list of Senators by state.
Write
Your Representative - (U.S. House of Representatives)
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
This site also allows you to enter your zip code to find your member of congress.
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The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books
Non-circulating:
Local
Brief information about the key local officials may be found in:
California county fact book
Call number: Ref HA261.C28x 2003
California roster
Call number: Ref JK8730.R67
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Bureau of the
Census
HA 202.A386 28ed. (2003-2009)
State
State Senate
California has State Senators (40) each of whom is elected to serve a particular Senate
DISTRICT. Before you can locate information about your State Senator you must know in
which district you live. To find your State Senate district use the following books:
California roster
Call number: Ref JK8730.R67
State Assembly
California has State Assembly members (80) each of whom is elected to serve a particular
Assembly DISTRICT. Before you can locate information about your State Assembly
member you must know in what Assembly district you live. To find your Assembly district
use the following books:
Los Angeles County almanac
Call number: Ref JS451.C29 L94
Los Angeles Almanac
F868.L8 L862x 1st ed. 2001
California roster
Call number: Ref JK8730.R67
Federal (United States)
At the Federal level, California is represented by:
- 52 members in the U.S. House of Representatives (i.e.,
the Congress)
- 2 members in U.S. Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives member can also be called any of the following:
- Your representative
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Your congressional representative
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Your congressman (or woman, or person)
To find out who your congress person is you must know in which
congressional district you live. The fastest way to do this is to
check the front section of the white pages of your local telephone
book, or use the links provided above.
Additional information about federal
representatives may be found in:
Congress & its members
Ref JK1021.C5543 2004
Congress A to Z
Ref JK1021.C554 2003
United States government manual
(issued annually)
Call number: Ref JK421.A3
Washington information directory (has helpful organization
charts)
Ref JK6W33x 2009-10
Biographies
To locate biographical information about U.S. Congressional representatives and U.S.
Senators use:
Almanac of American politics
Call number: Ref JK1012.A44 2008
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Untied States. Congress--Biography
United States--Politics and government --Directories
Library Catalog
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College Library.
Researched and evaluated by:
J. Coe, A. Enright, S. Wells, D. Yashar, Librarians 1/1998
update: M. Carrillo, Librarian 8/2008
last update: M. Carrillo, Librarian 8/2009
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