This map shows how much money each county received in 2011 through Secure Rural Schools, as well as total payments since 2001.
Super PACs, independent expenditure groups that can raise unlimited sums from individuals and organizations, already have begun outspending presidential candidates in the 2011 race. Use our database to see who is giving to these groups across the country.
California Watch and the Sacramento Bee have gathered thousands of formal declarations of opposition and support to bills filed in the California Legislature and 2011. Use our database to see which bills powerful organizations are supporting.
This interactive graphic by The Sacramento Bee shows the nearly 150 groups that recorded positions on 10 or more bills in the 2011 legislative session, and declared lobbying expenses during that period.
California interest groups have filed nearly 7,000 reports this year disclosing what bills and issues they have lobbied in state government. Use this form to see which bills interest groups have lobbied in the Legislature.
As of the third quarter of 2010, stimulus awards for work in California crested the $27 billion mark. The data includes spending on renewable energy projects, homelessness prevention and job training.
See how California's Senate candidates are spending their campaign cash in the 2010 election.
California Watch received two datasets from the State Controller’s Office, which we used to estimate how much in excess leave departments paid their employees between 2006 and mid-2009. Go through the numbers with us.
Use our database to keep track of how California's gubernatorial candidates are spending campaign money.
See who is contributing cash to the gubernatorial front-runners in 2010.
