State & Local Government

Government Technology: This site offers research and news regarding state and local government and education technology issues.
Municode: Use this site to find municipal codes for municipalities that have their codes online.
State Government: This is the Federal Government's resource page for information regarding states and territories.
State and Local Government on the Net: A useful site to link to state and local government sites.
State Legal Sources on the Web: Use this grid from the University of Michigan Documents Center to access information regarding the state code, State Supreme Court and Appeals Court opinions, state regulations, executive orders, attorney general opinions, session laws, bills, and newspaper articles for each state and territories.
Stateline.org/: This site provides information regarding issues in every state.
U.S. States & Territories: This is the Law Library of Congress' States and Territories web page. Access links to state government and law resources listed by state.
University of Michigan Document Center: Use this mega site to access federal, state, international, and local government information and statistics. This is one of the best sites for government information on the web.

California

Ballot Measure Update: Use this site to learn about which initiatives are on the next upcoming ballot, and what the status is on upcoming initiatives.
CA.gov: This is the official State of California home page.
California Courts: This site is the portal to the California Courts.
California Office of Privacy Protection: Use this site to access information about identity theft.
California Secretary of State: This is the home page for the California Secretary of State. Access information regarding voter registration, voting systems, candidate information, ballot measures, publications, resources, campaign finance, lobbying, State Archives Collections, Minerva Online Catalog, California Museum for History, Women & the Arts, Registries, and more.
California State Legislature: This is the home page for the California legislature.
California State Library: Access online resources and databases related to California and California government including a list of recently published state documents, information regarding the braille and talking books program.
Counting California: Counting California is a joint project of the California Digital Library and the Library of California which provides access to socioeconomic data for the state, regions, counties and cities of California.
California: This Law Library of Congress web page provides links to California state government sites and legal resources.
League of Women Voters of California: This page offers analyses of issues and links to voter related issues.
Neighborhood Knowledge California: Neighborhood California is a statewide interactive site which provides maps and databases to use for neighborhood research. The aim of this project founded by UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute is to promote greater equity in housing and banking policy by providing tools for documenting and analyzing trends.

Resources

50 States.com: This site provides information regarding businesses, area codes, city guides, state maps, state tax forms, zip codes, facts & trivia, schools, newspapers, and and more.
Free Government Information, Government Pod casts: Use this site to access state government podcasts.
National Priorities Project Database: This non-profit seeks to make information accessible to people working for social and economic justice. The database offers data on socioeconomic needs and federal expenditures with information about sources and related links. It provides for the creation of customized tables, graphs, and reports. Information is available for state level. Donors include The Ford Foundation, the Town Creek Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Educational Foundation of America, the Colombe Foundation, the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust, the Wellspring Fund of the Peace Development Fund, and individual donors. An excellent resource.
Salary Calculator: Use this site to compare salaries from different locations. Also access a range of relocation tools including crime lab, school reports, mortgage qualifier, and moving calculator.
The SearchSystems.net Public Records Directory: Use this site to search public records databases for everything from adoptions, sex offenders, and property to vehicle safety.
StateMaster: This site pulls raw data from primary sources. Use the database to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. My favorite - loss of natural teeth by state!