Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Appendix 1: Spending Solutions

Spending Delays Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget Act
Spending Reductions Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget Act
Spending Reductions Subject to Trigger Restoration Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget Act

Appendix 1, Figure 1

Spending Delays Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget Act

General Fund Savings (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2021‑22	2022‑23	2023‑24
CARB	School buses and infrastructure (ZEV)	—	$750	—
BCSH Agency	HHAPP Rounds 3 and 4 Bonus Fundsa	—	360	‑$100
Caltrans	Grade separation projects (Transportation Infrastructure)	—	—	250
CEC	Equitable building decarbonization (Energy)	—	50	233
CEC	Climate Innovation Program	—	50	100
CEC	Ports (ZEV)	—	—	20
CEC	School buses and infrastructure (ZEV)	—	250	—
Child Care	Child care slot expansion delay	—	—	135
CSL	Local library infrastructure grants	—	—	100
DIR	Reduce funding for new Women in Construction unit	—	—	—
DWR	Oroville pump storage project	—	100	130
DWR	Watershed climate resilience (Drought)	—	42	30
HCAI	Various health workforce programs	—	68	47
HCD	Foreclosure Intervention Housing Prevention Program	—	345	‑83
Medi‑Cal	Two‑week checkwrite hold buyback	—	378	—
Medi‑Cal	Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Program	—	—	235
Medi‑Cal	Behavioral Health Continuum Infrasructure Program	—	481	—
OPR	Extreme heat & community resilience centers (Community Resilience)	—	—	85
CPUC	Broadband last‑mile project grants	—	—	550
CPUC	Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund	—	175	400
CPUC	Residential solar and storage (Energy)	—	—	350
School Facilities Aid	Grants for early education facilities	—	—	550
CalSTA	Ports and goods movement (Supply Chain)	—	—	400
CalSTA	Grade separation projects (Transportation Infrastructure)	—	—	100
SWRCB	PFAS support (Drought)	—	—	30
SWRCB	Drinking water/wastewater infrastructure and SRF (Drought)	$200	—	—
UC	UC Los Angeles Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy	—	100	100
Various	Higher Education Housing Revolving Loan Program	—	—	700
WCB	Watershed climate resilience (Drought)	—	114	64
Totals		$200	$3,263	$4,427
aBy the time the HHAPP costs are incurred, the program will have transferred to from BCSH Agency to HCD.
CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero‑emission vehicle; BHSC Agency = Business Consumer Services Housing Secretary; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CEC = California Energy Commission; CSL = California State Library; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; DWR = Department of Water Resources; HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; OPR = Office of Planning and Research; CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; PFAs = per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances; SRF = State Revolving Fund; and WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board

Appendix 1, Figure 2

Spending Reductions Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget Act

General Fund Savings (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2021‑22	2022‑23	2023‑24
Aging	Older Californian Act Modernization Pilot Project	—	$22	$50
CARB	Transit buses and infrastructure (ZEV)	—	—	200
CARB	School buses and infrastructure (ZEV)	—	—	135
CARB	Ports (ZEV)	—	—	60
Arts Council	Cultural districts	—	20	—
BHC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	2
BSCC	Public defender pilot program	—	—	10
CalFire	Urban Forestry (Extreme heat)	—	20	10
CalFire	Defensible space (Wildfire)	—	—	5
CalFire	Deferred maintenance	—	13	—
CalRecycle	Composting and recycling programs (Circular Economy)	—	24	—
CDCR	Deferred maintenance	—	30	—
CDT	Technology stabilization funding	—	18	—
CDT	Technology modernization funding	—	21	—
CEC	Transit buses and infrastructure (ZEV)	—	—	90
CEC	Long duration storage (Energy)	—	—	50
CEC	Carbon removal (Energy)	—	—	25
CEC	Hydrogen infrastructure (ZEV)	—	—	20
CEC	School buses and infrastructure (ZEV)	—	—	15
CEC	Food production (Energy)	—	—	10
CEC	Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (Energy)	—	5	—
CEC	Industrial decarbonization (Energy)	—	10	—
CEC	Climate Innovation Program	—	48	—
CHP	Capital projects deferred to out‑years	—	—	—
CNRA	Urban Greening (Extreme heat)	—	75	100
CNRA	Stewardship of state‑owned land (Wildfire)	—	10	15
CNRA	Recreational Trails and Greenways Program	—	25	—
CSAC	Golden State Education and Training Grant Program	$480	—	—
CVC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	5
CWDB	Youth Leadership Program	—	—	10
DCSD	Arrearage payment program (Energy)	—	549	—
CDFA	Various programs (Sustainable Agriculture)	—	69	—
CDFA	SWEEP (Drought)	—	40	—
DFW	Natural Community Conservation Program (Nature‑Based)	—	6	—
DGS	Office of Sustainability water conservation program	—	25	—
DGS	Deferred maintenance	—	89	—
DIR	COVID‑19 worker outreach	—	—	25
DMV	REAL ID	—	24	69
DOC	Multi‑benefit Land Repurposing Program (Drought)	—	—	20
DOC	Climate Smart Land Management Program (Nature‑Based)	—	4	—
DOC	Sustainable agricultural lands conservation program	—	25	—
DWR	SGMA implementation grants (Drought)	—	—	60
DWR	Salton Sea (Drought)	—	89	30
DWR	Aqueduct solar panel pilot study (Drought)	—	15	—
DWR	Drought salinity barrier (Drought)	—	25	—
DWR	LandFlex Program (Drought)	—	25	—
EDD	Early payment on state’s UI loan	—	—	750
EDD	Grants to small businesses to offset UI costs	—	—	—
GO‑Biz	Funding reduction	—	—	50
IBank	Transmission financing (Energy)	—	—	25
GO‑Biz	Small Business Finance Center	50	—	—
GO‑Biz	Small Business COVID‑19 Relief Grants	142	—	—
GO‑Biz	Climate Catalyst Fund (Sustainable Agriculture)	—	25	—
GO‑Biz	Climate Catalyst Fund (Wildfire)	16	—	—
Judicial Branch	Deferred maintenance	—	50	—
OES	Warehousing operations for emergency response equipment and supplies	—	37	—
OPR	Transformative climate communities (Community Resilience)	—	65	140
OPR	Regional climate resilience (Community Resilience)	—	125	75
OPR	Extreme heat & community resilience (Extreme Heat)	—	25	15
OPR	Summerbridge youth employment grants	—	25	—
OPR	COVID‑19 outreach campaign	—	80	—
Parks	Statewide Parks Program	12	75	2
Parks	Deferred maintenance	—	31	—
CPUC	Residential solar and storage (Energy)	—	—	270
SCC	Protecting the coast (Coastal Resilience)	—	175	—
SCC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	10
SCC	San Francisco Bay wetlands (Nature‑Based)	—	10	—
SCC	Explore the Coast Program	—	1	—
School Facilities Aid	School Facilities Program funding reduction	—	—	100
SDRC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	12
SGLLARMC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	13
SJRC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	2
SMMC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	13
SNC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	26
SSJRC	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	7
SWRCB	Water recycling, groundwater cleanup (Drought)	—	—	278
SWRCB	PFAS support (Drought)	—	—	45
SWRCB	Water refilling stations at schools (Drought)	—	5	—
Tahoe Conservancy	Conservancy funding (Nature‑Based)	—	—	8
WCB	Wildlife protection (Nature‑Based)	—	—	35
Totals		$700	$2,055	$2,894
CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero‑emission vehicle; BHC = Baldwin Hills Conservancy; BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources; Recycling and Recovery; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; CDT = California Department of Technology; CEC = California Energy Commission; CHP = California Highway Patrol; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; CVC = Coachella Valley Conservancy; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; DCSD = Department of Community Services and Development; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; SWEEP = State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program; DFW = Department of Fish and Wildlife; DGS = Department of General Services; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles; DOC = Department of Conservation; DWR = Department of Water Resources; SGMA = Sustainable Groundwater Management Act; EDD = Employment Development Department; UI = unemployment insurance; GO‑Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; IBank = California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; OPR = Office of Planning and Research; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission; SCC = State Coastal Commission; SDRC = San Diego River Conservancy; SGLLARMC = San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy; SJRC = San Joaquin River Conservancy; SMMC = Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; SNC = Sierra Nevada Conservancy; SSJRC = Sacramento‑San Joaquin River Conservancy; SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; and WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board.

Appendix 1, Figure 3

Spending Reductions Subject to Trigger Restoration Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget Act

General Fund Savings (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2021‑22	2022‑23	2023‑24
CDPH	Public health regional climate planning	—	$25	—
DIR	Apprenticeship Innovation Fund	—	—	$20
EDD	EMT training grants	—	—	10
HCD	CalHome	—	—	50
OES	Multifamily seismic retrofit matching funds	—	—	235
Totals		—	$25	$315
CDPH = California Department of Public Health; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; EDD = Employment Development Department; EMT = emergency medical technician; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; and OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.