MHS Library: Public Policy

CalMatters explains California policy and politics from a nonpartisan and editorially independent viewpoint.

Website from nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Research in policy areas of climate change/energy/water, corrections, economy, fiscal/government reform, health and human services, education, political landscape and population.

National Conference of State Legislatures database is searchable by topic area, with options such as abortion, criminal justice, education, elections, health, labor and employment, natural resources, tax and revenues, transportation and more, and is updated as new ballot measures qualify to be on the ballot; it now includes all ballot measures that have qualified for 2015.

From UC Hastings College of Law, this database is a comprehensive, searchable source of information on California ballot propositions and initiatives from 1911 to the present. It includes the full text of individual ballot propositions, accompanying information contained in the ballot pamphlets, related legal and legislative history, and pdfs of the full ballot pamphlets.

Public policy research organization website with policy topic browse feature.

A research organization that analyzes emerging public policy problems and offers solutions in books, reports, and articles made available to government officials, experts, and the general public.

Includes news feed, research links and webcasts covering a wide range of public policy issues.

Definition of public policy and news feature covering various policy topics.