January 2019

California State Library

California State Library Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2017-18 Actual 2018-19 Revised 2019-20 Proposed Change from 2018-19
Amount Percent
Local Assistance          
Library Services and Technology Act $11.3 $11.3 $11.3
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 4.8 7.3 7.3
California Library Services Act 3.6 5.1 4.6 -$0.5 -8.9%
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 2.5 7.8 2.8 -5.0 -63.9
Lunch at the Library 1.0 1.0
Telephonic Reading for the Blind 0.6 0.6 0.6
California Newspaper Project 0.4 0.4
State Government Oral Histories Program 0.3 0.3
Other one-time initiativesa 6.0 3.0 -3.0 -100.0
Subtotals ($28.7) ($36.7) ($28.3) (-$8.5) (-23.0%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $19.1 $21.3 $20.1 -$1.2 -5.4%
Library Development Services 3.2 3.4 3.4 b 0.1
Information Technology Services 2.4 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -5.4
Subtotals ($24.7) ($27.2) ($25.9) (-$1.3) (-4.7%)
Totals $53.5 $63.9 $54.2 -$9.7 -15.2%
Funding          
General Fund ongoing $26.3 $31.0 $30.9 -$0.1 -0.5%
General Fund one time 6.2 11.7 2.0 -9.7 -83.0
Federal funds 18.3 18.6 18.6 b b
Otherc 2.6 2.6 2.7 0.2 5.9
a Consists of the Career Online High School Program, the Student Authors Program, funds for the development of the Felton Library and Nature Discovery Park, and the Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
b Less than $50,000 or 0.05 percent.
c Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.