California Executive Branch organization chart: PDF chart from State of California.
URL: http://www.cold.ca.gov/Ca_State_Gov_Orgchart.pdf
California Government Officials: List of statewide elected officials, department heads, and California legislature leadership and demographics. From MCLS.
URL: http://www.mcls.org/webpublic/refcenter/gov_ca.cfm
California Legislative Process: Description from California Dept. of Finance.
URL: http://www.dof.ca.gov/fisa/bag/legprcess.htm
California's Legislature: 330 page book in PDF form from the State of California. Too much for kids but may be okay for high schoolers.
URL: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/califleg.html
Citizen's guide: Includes the branches of government and interactive lifecycle of a bill. From California State Capitol museum.
URL: http://www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov/english/citizens/index.html
"Government of California": Article from Wikipedia.
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_California
“Your Idea Becomes a Law”: From California State Assembly Kid’s Stuff.
URL: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset16text.asp