About the League

What is our mission? How are we structured? What is our history?

Our Mission.  Other Leagues.  Local Leagues in Los Angeles County.  Our History.  Los Angeles County Websites.  State of California.  US Government Websites.  Non-Government Resources for Voters.

Our Mission and Roles

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.

The League of Women Voters has two separate and distinct roles.

• Voters Service/Citizen Education: we present unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues.

• Action/Advocacy: we are also nonpartisan, but, after study, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.

To conduct our voter service and citizen education activities, we use funds from the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonprofit educational organization. The League of Women Voters, a membership organization, conducts action and advocacy and is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation.

Our Vision, Beliefs, and Intentions guide our activities.

Other League Organizations

Our members are also members of:

• "League of Women Voters of California" http://ca.lwv.org/
• "League of Women Voters of the United States http://www.lwv.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

See "other Leagues in California" http://ca.lwv.org/lwvc/aboutlwvc/directory.html

Other League Websites:

http://www.smartvoter.org/ http://lacilo.ca.lwvnet.org/

Local Leagues in Los Angeles County

Beach Cities http://beachcities.ca.lwvnet.org/ Claremont Area http://www.claremont.ca.lwvnet.org/ East San Gabriel Valley http://www.esgv.ca.lwvnet.org/ Glendale/Burbank http://www.gbca.lwvnet.org/ Long Beach Area http://lba.ca.lwvnet.org/ Palos Verdes Peninsula http://www.palosverdes.com/lwv/ Pasadena Area http://www.lwvpasadenarea.org/ Santa Monica http://www.lwvsantamonica.org/ Torrance http://www.torrance.ca.lwvnet.org/

History of the League of Women Voters

Read a short history of the League of Women Voters.

Los Angeles County Websites

Board of Supervisors http://bos.co.la.ca.us/ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) http://cao.co.la.ca.us/ General Information http://www.lacounty.info/ Registrar of Voters http://www.lavote.net/

State of California Websites

Judicial System http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ Legislative Analyst http://www.lao.ca.gov/ Secretary of State http://www.ss.ca.gov/ State Legislature http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ State Library http://www.library.ca.gov/

US Government Websites

House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/ Senate http://www.senate.gov/ Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/ Department of State http://www.state.gov/ Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/ (link to follow legislature in Congress) President http://www.whitehouse.gov/ Supreme Court http://www.supremecourt.us.gov/

Non-Government Resources for Voters

California Budget Project http://www.cbp.org/ California Common Cause http://www.commoncause.org/ California Voter Foundation http://www.calvoter.org/ Capital Advantage (Capwiz) http://www.capitoladvantage.com/ Center for Government Studies http://www.cgs.org/ http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm League of California Cities http://www.cacities.org/ Project Vote Smart http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm

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