July 2025

California State Library

California State Library Spending by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2023-24
Actual
2024-25
Revised
2025-26
Enacted
Change from 2024-25
Amount Percent
Local Assistance Programs          
Library Services and Technology Act $10.2 $11.3 -$11.3 -100%
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 18.4 7.3 $7.3
Lunch at the Library 5.5 3.0 3.0
California Library Services Act 4.6 2.9 2.9
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 4.0 4.1 4.1
Telephonic Reading for the Blind 0.6 0.6 0.6
California Newspaper Project 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -100
State Government Oral Histories Program 0.1 0.1 0.1
One-time adjustmentsa 215.9 -1.1 78.1 79.2 7252%
Subtotals ($259.8) ($28.5) ($96.0) ($67.5) (236%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $30.4 $29.0 $40.4 $11.4 39%
Library Development Services 7.31 4.73 7.59 2.85 60
Information Technology Services 3.12 3.51 3.85 0.34 10
Subtotals ($40.8) ($37.3) ($51.8) ($14.6) (39%)
Totals $300.6 $65.8 $147.9 $82.1 124.7%
Funding          
General Fund Ongoing $44.8 $45.0 $45.3 $0.3 0.8%
General Fund One Time 236.1 -1.1 91.9 93.0 8575
Federal Trust Fund 15.4 18.4 7.1 -11.2 -61.3
Otherb 4.2 3.5 3.5
           
a Reflects one-time carryover, reappropriations, and other one-time initiatives.   
b Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.