Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Appendix 3: New Discretionary Spending

Resources
Criminal Justice
Health and Human Services
Other
Higher Education

Appendix 3, Figure 1

New Discretionary Spending Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget:
Resources

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2022‑23	2023‑24
CARB	FARMER program	—	$75
CalFire	2023‑24 fire protection augmentation	—	116
CalFire	CalFire capital outlay projects	—	13
CaFire	Training center support	—	9
CalFire	Aviation contract	—	6
CalRecycle	Cleanup activities related to the McKinney Fire	$15	—
CEC	Building Energy Benchmarking Program	—	10
CEC	Technical assistance program	—	10
CNRA	Museum of Latin American Art	—	10
CNRA	DNA Barcode Library	—	10
CNRA	Dolores Huerta Peace and Justice Cultural Center	—	7
DFW	Monterey fish screen	—	17
DFW	Climate permitting support	—	10
DWR	Urban flood risk reduction	—	101
DWR	Flood Control Subventions Program	—	75
DWR	Systemwide flood protection—Paradise Cut and Yolo Bypass	—	25
DWR	Flood and dam safety	—	25
DWR	Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation	—	15
DWR	Delta levee system	—	13
Parks	2023 winter storm damage and adaptation	—	14
Parks	Dos Rios Ranch new state park	—	6
SWRCB	Water rights modernization	—	32
SWRCB	Leviathan Creek diversion channel relining	—	5
SWRCB	Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation	—	5
WCB	Western Joshua tree conservation	—	5
Totals		$15	$613
CARB = California Air Resources Board; FARMER = Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecyle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = Department of Fish and Wildlife; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; and WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board.

Appendix 3, Figure 2

New Discretionary Spending Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget:
Criminal Justice

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2022‑23	2023‑24
Judicial Branch	San Bernardino County—Juvenile Dependency Courthouse	—	$8
Judicial Branch	Nevada County—New Nevada City Courthouse	—	8
Judicial Branch	Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program	—	7
Judicial Branch	Court of Appeal—New Sixth Appellate District Courthouse	—	3
Judicial Branch	Repealed criminal post‑conviction administrative fees	—	1
DOJ	DNA Identification Fund backfill	—	53
DOJ	Special operations unit	—	7
DOJ	Missing Persons DNA program	—	1
CDCR	Correctional video surveillance	—	88
CDCR	RIGHT Grant 2.0	—	21
CDCR	Various improvement projects at San Quentin State Prison	—	20
CDCR	Additional toxicology screening for the ISUDT program	$14	16
CDCR	Comprehensive Employee Health Program	—	15
BSCC	Missing and murdered indigenous persons grants	—	12
BSCC	Proposition 57 (2016) impact on prison releases	—	9
BSCC	Southern California Reentry Hub in Los Angeles	—	5
BSCC	Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland	—	5
Totals		$14	$281
DOJ = Department of Justice; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; RIGHT = Rehabilitative Investment Grants for Healing and Transformation; ISUDT = Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment; and BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections.

Appendix 3, Figure 3

New Discretionary Spending Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget:
Health and Human Services

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2022‑23	2023‑24
CalFresh	Automation updates and outreach for new federal benefits program	—	$40
CalFresh	Extension of CalFresh pilot program for fresh fruits and vegetables	$4	12
CalHHS	Public‑private partnership to solve health challenges	—	42
CCL	Preventing transfer trauma during facility closure	—	5
CDPH	COVID‑19 response	—	51
CDPH	Hepatitis C virus equity services	—	10
Child Care	Various child care actions	—	418.2
Child Care	Reduce child care family fees	—	56
Child Care	Resource and referral backfill	—	10
Child Care	CalSPARK	—	1.87
Child Support	Cost of living adjustment for local child support agencies	—	12
Child Welfare	Foster Family Agency one‑time rate increase	—	8
Child Welfare	Child welfare portion of Medi‑Cal demonstration waiver	—	3
Child Welfare	SILP housing augmentation	—	1
DDS	HCBS‑related pilot program continuation	—	11
DDS	Provider rate increase for Independent Living Services	—	9
DSS	Augmentation to services for survivors and victims of hate crimes	—	40
DHCS	CalAIM payment reform: cash assistance to counties	—	250
DHCS	Indian Health Program	—	11
DHCS	Navigator program	—	10
DHCS	Fentanyl test strips distribution	—	6
DSH	IST Solutions Reappropriations	—	207
DSH	Coalinga: Hydronic Loop Replacement Reappropriation	—	26
DSH	Psychiatry workforce pipeline	—	7
HCAI	California Medicine Scholars Program	—	3
HCAI	Promotores de Salud	—	10
DSS	Rapid Response	—	150
IHSS	Provider eligibility changes for minor recipients	—	28
Totals		$4	$1,436
CalHHS = California Health and Human Services Agency; CCL = Community Care Licensing; CDPH = California Department of Public Health; CalSPARK = California Supporting Providers and Reaching Kids; SILP = supervised independent living placement; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; HCBS = home‑ and community‑based services; DSS = Department of Social Services; DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; CalAIM = California Advancing and Innovating Medi‑Cal; DSH = Department of State Hospitals; IST = Incompetent to Stand Trial; HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information; and IHSS = In‑Home Supportive Services.

Appendix 3, Figure 4

New Discretionary Spending Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget:
Other

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2022‑23	2023‑24
ABC	One‑time General Fund transfer to ABC Fund	—	$21
CalHR	California State Payroll System	—	3
Caltrans	Encampment coordinators	—	6
CDE	CDE state operations, various	—	5
CDE	Literacy roadmap	—	1
CDT	Centralized services renewal	—	31
CHP	Office replacement projects performance criteria	—	11
CTC	General Fund backfill	—	3
CWDB	Health and Human Services Training Partnerships	—	45
CWDB	Breaking Barriers to Employment program	—	5
CWDB	HEAL program grants	—	5
CDFA	California Nutrition Incentive Program	—	35
CDFA	Enteric Fermentation Incentive Program	—	25
CDFA	Organic Transition Pilot Program	—	5
CDFA	Drought and flood relief for underserved and small producers	—	5
CDFA	Emerging threats information management system	—	4
DGS	Facilities Management Division fire alarm system deferred maintenance	—	20
DGS	Direct digital control upgrades	—	12
DGS	EV equipment assessment and facility development	—	12
DGS	Legislative office building roof replacement	—	6
DIR	Apprenticeship Innovation Funding program	—	40
DIR	Youth Apprenticeship Program grants	—	20
DIR	Women in Construction program	—	15
DIR	Industrial Welfare Commission industry‑specific wage boards	—	3
EDD	One‑time funding for EDDNext IT program	—	99
GO‑Biz	Additional year of Cal Competes grants	—	103
GO‑Biz	Fresno Infrastructure Plan	—	50
GO‑Biz	Small agricultural business grants	—	20
GO‑Biz	Outreach and media campaign	—	5
HCD	Multifamily Housing Program	—	100
Local Government Financing	Insufficient ERAF Backfill for Mono, Alpine, and San Mateo Counties	—	33
Local Government Financing	Property Tax Backfill for 2019 Kincade Fire	—	1
OES	Statewide flood support	—	135
OES	Statewide disaster warehousing operations	—	43
OES	California Cybersecurity Integration Center	—	29
OES	Gun buyback program	—	21
OES	Nonprofit security grant program	—	20
OES	Multifamily seismic retrofit grant program	—	15
OES	Family justice centers	—	10
OES	Emergency services for victims of human trafficking	—	7
OPR	CalVolunteers Youth Jobs Corps	—	78
OPR	Information technology unit	—	5
OPR	CalVolunteers Climate Action Corps	—	5
SCO	California State Payroll System—Reappropriation	—	83
SCO	California State Payroll System	—	35
SCO	SCO FI$Cal Book of Record deployment and maintenance support	—	11
SCO	State Accounting and Reporting‑ACFR On‑Time Reporting Support	—	5
State Preschool	Rate increase	—	126
State Preschool	Family fee reductions	—	11
State Preschool	Family fee waiver (July through September)	$4	—
Various	Targeted legislative augmentations	19	749
Totals		$23	$2,138
ABC = Alcoholic Beverage Control; CalHR = California Department of Human Resources; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CDE = California Department of Education; CDT = California Department of Technology; CHP = California Highway Patrol; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; CDFA = Department of Food and Agriculture; DGS = Department of General Services; EV = electric vehicle; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; EDD = Employment Development Department; IT = information technology; GO‑Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; ERAF = Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; OPR = Office of Planning and Research; SCO = State Controller’s Office; FI$Cal = Financial Information System for California; and ACFR = Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

Appendix 3, Figure 5

New Discretionary Spending Enacted in the 2023‑24 Budget:
Higher Education

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/Program Area	Description	2022‑23	2023‑24
College of the Law, SF	Urban Alchemy campus safety program	—	$3
CSAC	Middle Class Scholarship foster youth award increase	—	5
CSAC	Program administration and outreach	—	2
CSU	Support for CSU Dominguez Hills	—	15
CSU	New capital outlay projects (debt service)	—	5
CSU	CSU Chico CalFresh Outreach Resource Hub	—	3
CSU	Various student basic needs programs	—	2
CSU	Support for students with disabilities	—	1
CSU	Federal Title IX implementation support	—	1
UC	Cancer research related to firefighters	—	7
UC	UC Berkeley School of Journalism police records access research	—	7
UC	UC Los Angeles Bunche Center for African American Studies	—	5
UC	UC Davis Equine Performance and Rehabilitation Center	—	5
UC	Graduate medical education (Proposition 56 backfill)	—	5
UC	Cal‑Bridge initiative	—	4
UC	Various student basic needs programs	—	2
UC	Support for UC Riverside School of Medicine	—	2
UC	UC Cooperative Extension fire advisors	—	2
UC	Global Entrepreneurs program	—	2
UC	Support for students with disabilities	—	2
Totals		—	$80
SF = San Francisco; California State University and CSAC = California Student Aid Commission.