Politics - Useful Links

Links

Sierra Club California Blog
Environmental Politics from California's Capitol www.sierraclubca.blogspot.com

Government Resources
Santa Clara County Governmant site www.sccgov.org 
Here are some useful links from the Santa Clara County Library www.library.ci.santa-clara.ca.us

San Mateo County Goverment site www.co.sanmateo.ca.us

San Benito County Government Site www.cosb.us

California Political Parties
There are currently seven parties. For more information visit
the California Voter Foundation www.cavoter.org/voter/politics/parties.html

Registering to Vote
Everything you need to know can be found here. www.calvoter.org/voter/faq.html#reg

California State Legisature Portal
Information on bills hearings budgets and more. www.legislature.ca.gov

Environmental Report Cards
OpenCongress brings together official government data with news http://www.opencongress.org/

Legislation Tracking 
National Political Committee http://www.sierraclub.org/politics/

Some Useful Links
Nonpartisan Election Information for The League of Women Voters www.smartvoter.org

Training and software tools for activism www.greenmediatoolshed.org/

Fantastic database showing all bills in California, history, who voted, who got money from whom and when in relation to the bill vote.  TAKE THE VIDEO TOUR. www.maplight.org

Notes from the various RootsCamps election and campaign debriefing held not only in SF but in major cities across the country. rootscamp.pbwiki.com/

Right to Know databases. Environmental – Government issues. www.rtknet.org