California Ballot Propositions Database

 The California Ballot Propositions Database is a comprehensive, searchable source of information on California ballot propositions from 1911 to the present. The database contains the full text of the propositions, accompanying material contained in the voters' pamphlets, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of the voters' pamphlets. The database was made possible in part by a grant from the LSTA program. PDF images of pamphlets. (Images of individual ballot measures and the text of more recent ballot measures are scheduled to load this summer)

California Ballot Initiatives Database

 The California Ballot Initiatives Database is a comprehensive, searchable source of information on California ballot initiatives from 1911 to the present. The database contains the full text of the initiatives, accompanying material relating to their filing & qualification, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of pertinent documents. The database was made possible in part by a grant from the LSTA program. (The text of more recent ballot measures are scheduled to load this summer)

California Hearings and Reports

 Since 1973, the Hastings Law Library has been a partial depository for California documents. As part of the depository program, the Library receives all legislative hearings and reports that are transcribed and distributed. The Library is active in acquiring from state agencies, any reports (including annual reports) which are available.

The California Hearings and Reports Index currently lists California legislative hearings and reports, as well as agency reports issued between 1984 and the present, which are available in the Hastings Law Library. The Index provides the following information for these materials: the name of the legislative committee or agency issuing the hearing or report; the title of the hearing or report; the date when the hearing was held and the city where the hearing was held; the publication year of the report; and any bill or chapter numbers that are referred to in the hearing or report.

The Index will eventually include the titles of all hearings and reports held by the Library retrospective to 1973.

Hastings Microforms Index

 The Hastings Law Library has a large collection of microforms in both microfiche and microfilm format. The majority of the collection is housed in call number order, however, some large sets such as the CIS Congressional Documents and the UN Readex Collection are kept in separate cabinets. This index searches all of the microforms records in the Hastings collection, and provides complete bibliographic information. (Note: Cabinet numbers are only included for fiche and film that are not in call number order and for a few of the more popular tiles.)

California Supreme Court Records & Briefs Index

 Hastings has a collection of bound volumes containing Records and Briefs for the California Supreme Court for the period 1906 thru 1978. This index may be used to locate REPORTED cases that are contained in this collection. UNREPORTED cases that are in this collection may be located using the large index books located at the Reference Desk, provided that the docket number is known. Hastings also has Records and Briefs on microfiche for the period 1953-1964; 1969 to date. These are arranged by reporter cite and are not included in this index.

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