July 2024

California State Library

California State Library Spending by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2022-23 Actual 2023-24 Revised 2024-25 Enacted Change from 2023-24
  Amount Percent
Local Assistance Programs          
Library Services and Technology Act $10.6 $11.3 $11.3
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 7.3 7.3 7.3
Lunch at the Library 5.5 5.5 3.0 -$2.5 -45%
California Library Services Act 4.6 4.6 2.9 -1.8 -38
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 3.5 4.0 4.1 a a
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 carryoverb 2.9 11.8 141.1 129.3 1,094
One-time initiatives 438.7 148.3 3.1 -145.1 -98
     Subtotals ($474.2) ($193.9) ($173.8) (-$20.1) (-10.3%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $27.6 $31.4 $31.3 a  a 
Library Development Services 6.8 5.6 5.6 a  a 
Information Technology Services 3.2 3.7 3.7 a  a 
One-time carryoverc     11.0    
     Subtotals ($37.6) ($40.7) ($51.6) (10.9) (26.9%)
Totals $511.7 $234.6 $225.4 -$9.1 -3.9%
           
a Less than $500,000 or 0.5 percent.
b The 2022-23 and 2023-24 amounts reflect carryover from an original 2021-22 appropriation for the California English Acquisition and Literacy program. The 2024-25 amount reflects carryover from appropriations made in 2022-23 for local library infrastructure grants and disaster preparedness. 
c The 2024-25 amount reflects carryover from an original 2022-23 appropriation for the Comprehensive Digitization Strategy Initiative.