October 16, 2023


The 2023-24 Budget

Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Appendix 3: New Discretionary Spending


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Repealed criminal post‑conviction administrative fees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.