LibGuides: Government Resources: California Government Resources

California State Depository Library Program

In 1945, the California Legislature passed the Library Distribution Act (Government Code 14900 – 14912), which established the depository library program to make California state documents readily available to the state's citizens. The California State Library is responsible for carrying out the provisions of the Act by developing and maintaining standards for depository libraries, granting depository status to libraries, and administering the depository program. Cal State LA University Library is one of 102 libraries statewide that participated in this program. For more information about the state's depository program, go to California State Library.

California State Documents Collection and Depository Library Program
Since 1850, the California State Library has collected publications of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, commissions, public authorities, and other agencies of state government. The Library is the official California State Document Depository and houses the largest collection of California state documents in the United States. All state publications are available for the public to view, scan, and/or borrow through interlibrary loan.
California State Publications
A monthly listing of official publications received by the State Library from California governmental agencies. Published since 1947, each issue included three parts: an introductory section, a register (consisting of the catalog records produced for new state publications for that month), and an index.
California State Library Government Publications
Online California government resources available through the California State Library.