January 2024

California State Library

California State Library Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2022-23 Actual 2023-24 Revised 2024-25 Proposed Change from 2023-24
  Amount Percent
Local Assistance          
Library Services and Technology Act $10.6 $11.3 $11.3 — —
Library Literacy and English Acquisition 7.3 7.3 7.3 — —
Lunch at the Library 5.5 5.5 5.5 — —
California Library Services Act 4.6 4.6 4.6 — —
Statewide Library Broadband Services 3.5 4.0 4.1 $0.1 1.3%
Telephonic Reading for the Blind 0.6 0.6 0.6 — —
California Newspaper Project 0.4 0.4 0.4 — —
State Government Oral Histories  0.1 0.1 0.1 — —
One-time initiatives 553.0 21.0 2.4 -19.0 -88.8
One-time carryovera 2.9 11.8 141.1 129.3 1,093.5
     Subtotals $588.5 $67.0 $177.3 ($110.3) (164.7%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $27.6 $31.4 $42.3 $10.9 34.7%
Library Development Services 6.8 5.6 5.6 —b —b
Information Technology Services 3.2 3.7 3.7 —b —b
     Subtotals ($37.6) ($40.7) ($51.6) ($10.9) (26.9%)
Totals $626.0 $107.7 $228.9 $121.3 112.6%
Funding          
General Fund—Ongoing $37.0 $52.3 $52.5 $0.3 0.5%
General Fund—One-Time 568.6 33.4 154.5 121.0 362.2
Federal Trust Fund 15.7 18.4 18.4 —b —b
Otherc 4.6 3.6 3.5 -0.1 -1.6
           
a The 2021-22 and 2022-23 amounts reflects carryover from an original 2021-22 appropriation for the California English Acquisition and Literacy program. The 2023-24 amount reflects carryover from appropriations made in 2022-23 for local library infrastructure grants and disaster preparedness.
b Less than $500,000 or 0.5 percent.
c Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.