CALIFORNIA INTERNET RESOURCES FOR CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS

California Department of Corporations

http://www.corp.ca.gov/

Links to California Codes and regulations, and provides information to consumers and business owners.

California Department of Fair Employment and Housing

http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/

Provides information about employment discrimination in California and includes news about recent litigation in this area.

California Department of Industrial Relations

http://www.dir.ca.gov/

Includes information about Workers Compensation, occupational health and safety, and labor law.

California Employment Development Department

http://www.edd.ca.gov/

Provides articles dealing with business investment and expansion, finding and managing employees, and tax issues.

California Franchise Tax Board

http://www.ftb.ca.gov/index.html

Provides online Forms and tax information.

California Law Revision Commission

http://www.clrc.ca.gov/

Contains articles on controversial topics and major policy issues in the law.

Official California Legislative Information

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

Provides text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments.

California Business Permits

http://www.calgold.ca.gov/

Provides links and contact information that direct visitors to agencies that administer and issue business permits.

California State Office of Privacy Protection

http://www.privacy.ca.gov/

Information about consumer privacy rights.

California State Association of Counties

http://www.csac.counties.org/

Provides links to California counties

California State Board of Equalization

http://www.boe.ca.gov/

Contains tax information, sellers’ permits, and other forms.

California Secretary of State: California Business Portal

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/business.htm

Provides forms, samples, and information for different business filings.

Business Filings: Corporations

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/corp/corporate.htm

Corporate Forms and information.

Business Filings: Limited Liability Companies

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/llc/llc.htm

Forms and information for limited liability companies.

Business Filings: Limited Partnerships

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/lp/lp.htm

Forms and information for limited partnerships.

Business Filings: General partnerships

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/gp/gp.htm

Forms and information for general partnerships.

Business Filings: Limited Liability Partnerships

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/llp/llp.htm

Forms and information for limited liability partnerships.

Miscellaneous Filings

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/other/bp_other.htm

Provides documents related to Unincorporated Associations/Nonprofit Associations, Foreign Lending Institutions, and Foreign Partnerships.

Trademarks and Service marks

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ts/ts.htm

Information about trademarks and service marks.

California Business Search

http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/list.html

Database of California Businesses.

Starting a Business

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/resources.htm

General information about starting a business.

e-file Statement of Information

https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/

E-form for filing a statement of information.

Uniform Commercial Code

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ucc/ucc.htm

Text of UCC plus links to forms.

International Business Relations Program

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ibrp/ibrp.htm

This page contains international resources and business information, filing assistance for foreign corporations.

Business Legislation

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/bpd_newleg.htm

Provides links to summaries of bills that may affect filings and business conducted with the Business Programs Division of the Secretary of State’s office.