General Government

• California Department of Finance The Department of finance provides a variety of information on the fiscal health of California including finance reports and information on the State budget. They provide demographic information for the State. You will also find Capital Outlay and Infrastructure reports at this website.
• California Legislative Analysts Office The LAO is an independent body that provides fiscal and policy advice to the California Legislature. It is know for non-partisan analysis of the state budget. They also provide analysis of ballot propositions. Visit their "products" section to download their publications.
• California Statistical Abstract The California Statistical Abstract provides an annual overview of a variety of different datasets about California. Topics include population, labor force and employment, geography, finance, and more.
• U.S. Statistical Abstract The U.S. Statistical Abstract provides an annual overview of a variety of different datasets about the United States overall and individual states and territories. Topics include population, labor force and employment, geography, finance, and more.
• The Data Source Handbook Over the 20 years that the State Census Data Center has been in existence, it has developed anetwork of data providers in federal and State agencies. The Data Source Handbook is an effort to share this list of data providers with other data users. It includes source names, addresses, web addresses and phone numbers listed in alphabetical order and by subject. The resource book is a publication of the California Department of Finance Demographic Research Unit.
• California Ballot Propositions Database This comprehensive database provided by the University of California Hastings College of the Law provides information on California ballot propositions back to 1911.

Private / Non-Profit

• Public Policy Institute of California The PPIC is dedicated to independent, objective, non-partisan research on economic, soical and political issues in California. They offer a variety of research briefs, working papers and other publications on a wide varitey of topics including infrastructure, demographics, education, CA state budget, and more.
• Rand California Statistics This is a subscription based service that offers datasets on business & economics, population & demographics, education, transportation, community, health & socioeconomic issues, census Datasets, politics and public opinion.

Demographics

• U.S. Census Bureau Includes datasets from a variety of different census counts including population and housing and manufactures.
• California Department of Finance Demographic Research Unit The Demographic Research Unit of the California Department of Finance is designated as the single official source of demographic data for State planning and budgeting.

Energy

• California Energy Comission The California Energy Comission is the state's primary energy policy and planning agency
  • California Energy Comission DatasetsbasesThe California Energy Comission offers on-line databases and raw data sources detailing California energy resources
• California Consumer Power and Financing Authority
  This organization is charge with insuring that California has a sufficient surplus of power so that the states does not have to face power outages and high prices.
• California Public Utilties Comission The California Public Utilities Comission regulates privately owned electric, telecomunications, natural gas, water, and passenger transportation comapanies in addition to household goods movers and the safety of rail transit.
• U.S. Energy Information Administration
  Official energy statistics from the U.S. Government. The site includes information and publications regarding electricity, natural gas, petroleum, alternative and renewable energy sources.
  • Electricity Publications Various electricity related publications from the US Energy Information Administration.
  • Inventory of Electric Utility Power Plants in the United States This publication of the U.S. EIA documents the inventory of power plants for the nation and individual states.
  • Inventory of Non-Utility Electric Power Plants in the United States This publication of the US EIA documnets the inventory of non-utility electric power plants for the nation and individual states
• University of California Energy Institute The objectives of UCEI's research are to solve important energy problems, enrich the faculty through the intellectual challenges inherent in these problems, and increase their research funding opportunities. Energy Institute research covers the general areas of resources and supply technologies, energy use efficiency, and the impacts of energy use on health, the environment, and the economy.
  

Transportation

• Association of American RailRoads The AAR is comitted to developing railroad transportation that is safe, efficient, clean and technologically advanced. Their publication "Railroad Facts" details the operation of Class I railroads across the U.S.
  • Federal Transit Administration The FTA administers a variety of programs to support and encourage the use of mass transit.
  • National Transit Datasetsbase This database provides information on federal aid transit systems across the country.
• Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation provides a variety of information and data regarding transport of people and goods within the United States.
• Highway Statistics Highway Statistics is a publication of the US Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration. This series consists of annual publications that report data on motor fuel; motor vehicles; driver licensing; highway-user taxation; State and local government highway finance; highway mileage, and Federal aid for highways.
• National Transportation Library The National Transprotation library is a repository of information from a variety of different public and private agencies. The goal of the library is to facilitate the exchange of information and materials.
• National Bridge Inventory The National Bridge Inventory, a product of the Federal Highway Administration, provides state level inventory of bridges back to 1992. The inventory includes enumeration of bridges across states by owner, type, construction materal, performance and deficiency.
• Office of Airline Information The OAI offers uniform financial and market/traffic statistical economic data on individual air carriers and the air transportation industry.
• Texas Transportation Institute Their annual Urban Mobility Study details congestion data or over 70 urban areas across the U.S.
• University of California Transportation Center The Center draws on the knowledge of many disciplines to support studies that analyze transportation systems and the public policies that are integral to them.
• American Public Transportation Association
  

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