January 2022

California State Library

California State Library Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2020-21
Actual
2021-22
Revised
2022-23
Proposed
Change from 2021-22
Amount Percent
Local Assistance          
Library Services and Technology Act $13.1 $21.4 $11.3 -$10.2 -47.4%
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 7.3 22.3 7.3 -$15.0 -67.2%
California Library Services Act 1.9 4.6 4.6 — —
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 2.9 46.1 4.0 -42.1 -91.4
One-time carryover from 2018-19 — 1.3 — -1.3 -100.0
Lunch at the Library 0.8 0.8 5.5 4.7 585.8
Telephonic Reading for the Blind 0.6 0.6 0.6 — —
California Newspaper Project 0.4 0.4 0.4 — —
State Government Oral Histories Program 0.3 0.1 0.1 — —
Other one-time initiatives — 537.4 11.2 -526.2 —
Subtotals ($27.3) ($635.1) ($44.9) (-$590.1) (-92.9%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $21.1 $27.9 $40.2 $12.3 44.1%
Library Development Services 2.9 5.4 5.3 -0.1 -1.8
Information Technology Services 2.5 3.5 3.7 0.2 5.0
Subtotals ($26.5) ($36.7) ($49.1) ($12.4) (33.7%)
Totals $53.752 $671.8 $94.1 -$577.8 -86.0%
Funding          
General Fund Ongoing $31.5 $39.3 $48.0 $8.7 22.0%
General Fund One Time — 599.8 23.9 -575.9 -96.0
Federal Trust Fund 19.2 29.7 19.2 -10.6 -35.5
Othera 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.1 2.8
a Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.