January 13, 2024


The 2024‑25 Budget

Overview of the Governor’s Budget


Appendix 1: Spending Solutions



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Appendix 1, Figure 1

Spending Delays Proposed in the 2024‑25 Governor’s Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/
Program Area

Description

2022‑23

2023‑24

2024‑25

BSCC

Adult Reentry Grant

$57

CalSTA

Competitive transit and rail funding (Transportation Infrastructure)

$1,613

CalSTA

Formula transit and rail funding (Transportation Infrastructure)

1,000

CalSTA

Ports and Freight Infrastructure Program (Supply Chain)

100

Caltrans

Active Transportation Program (Transportation Infrastructure)

400

Caltrans

Highways to Boulevards Pilot Program (Transportation Infrastructure)

100

CDCR

Statewide correctional video surveillance

27

CEC

Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (SB 846)

400

CEC

Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (Energy)

50

Child Welfare

Bringing Families Home program

80

CPUC

Residential Solar and Storage Program (Energy)

75

CSU

Base augmentation (5 percent)

240

CWDB

Goods Movement Training Campus (Supply Chain)

40

DDS

Full implementation of service provider rate reform

613

DDS

Preschool inclusion grants

10

DHCS

Behavioral Health Bridge Housing

235

DHCS

Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program

140

DIR

Apprenticeship Innovation Fund

40

DIR

California Youth Apprenticeship Program

25

DOR

Full implementation of service provider rate reform

2

DTSC

Brownfields cleanups

175

DWR

Oroville pump storage (Energy)

90

DWR

Investments in strategic reliability assets (Energy)

55

EDD

Community Economic Resilience Fund (California Jobs First)

200

Go‑Biz

City of Fresno Public Infrastructure Development

100

HCAI

Healthcare workforce initiatives

140

HCD

HHAPP Round 5 Partial Deferral

260

HFFA

Specialty Dental Clinic Grant Program

49

HHS

Health and Human Services Innovation Accelerator

42

32

DSS

Home Safe

65

DSS

Housing and Disability Advocacy Program

50

OES

Flexible Cash Assistance for Survivors of Crime

48

OPSC

School Facility Program accounting change

$385

288

CPUC

Last‑Mile Broadband Projects

100

OPSC

Grants for early education facilities

550

SWRCB

Water recycling/groundwater cleanup (Water and Drought Resilience)

100

UC

Base augmentation (5 percent)

228

UC

Nonresident enrollment reduction plan

31

Various

Diablo Canyon Land Conservation and Economic Development (SB 846)

150

Totals

$485

$3,446

$4,453

BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; CEC = California Energy Commission; CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; DOR = Department of Rehabilitation; DTSC = Department of Toxic Substances Control; DWR = Department of Water Resources; EDD = Employment Development Department; GO‑Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; HCAI =Department of Health Care Access and Information; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program; HFFA = Health Facilities Financing Authority; HHS = Health and Human Services Agency; DSS = Department of Social Services; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; OPSC = Office of Public School Construction; and SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board.

Appendix 1, Figure 2

Fund Shifts Proposed in the 2024‑25 Governor’s Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/
Program Area

Description

2022‑23

2023‑24

2024‑25

CalFire

Fire prevention grants (Wildfire)

$82

CalFire

Unit fire prevention projects (Wildfire)

26

CDCR

Revenue transfer from Recidivism Reduction Fund

7

CDFA

Livestock methane reduction (Sustainable Agriculture)

24

CDFA

Water and energy efficiency grants (Water and Drought Resilience)

21

CEC

Fueling infrastructure grants (ZEV)

219

CEC

Drayage trucks and infrastructure (ZEV)

157

CEC

Transit buses and infrastructure (ZEV)

29

CEC

Clean trucks, buses and off‑road equipment (ZEV)

71

CEC

Equitable Building Decarbonization Program (Energy)

87

CEC

Incentives for long duration storage (Energy)

57

CNRA

Urban Greening Program (Extreme Heat)

24

CNRA

Ocean protection—SB 1 implementation (Coastal Resilience)

37

CalSTA

Competitive transit and rail funding (Transportation Infrastructure)

$512

CalSTA

Formula transit and rail funding (Transportation Infrastructure)

261

CVCB

Restitution Fund backfill

25

DFW

Stewardship of state‑owned lands (Wildfire)

33

DHCS

Managed Care Organization Tax

1,020

2,779

DHCS

Medi‑Cal Drug Rebate Special Fund Reserve

135

28

DIR

Enhanced protections for vulnerable populations (Extreme Heat)

16

DOC

Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program (Wildfire)

20

— 

DOC

Oil and gas well capping (Climate Jobs)

50

— 

DPH

Community‑Based Clinical Education Rotations for Dental Students

10

DPH

Skilled Nursing Facilities Staff Audits

4

EDD

Employment training panel used for UI loan interest

100

EDD

EDD cybersecurity funding shift

3

3

OPR

Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program (Extreme Heat)

70

— 

Parks

Stewardship of state‑owned lands (Wildfire)

1

Totals

$2,188

$3,722

CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CEC = California Energy Commission; ZEV = zero‑emission vehicle; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; CVCB = California Victim Compensation Board; DFW = Department of Fish and Wildlife; DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; DOC = Department of Conservation; DPH = Department of Public Health; EDD = Employment Development Department; UI = unemployment insurance; OPR = Office of Planning and Research; and Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation.

Appendix 1, Figure 3

Spending Reductions Proposed in the 2024‑25 Governor’s Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/
Program Area

Description

2022‑23

2023‑24

2024‑25

BCH

Sweep State Operations Funds for HHAPP and FHC Grants

101

BSCC

Community Corrections Partnership Plan

$8

BSCC

Proud Parenting Grant

1

BSCC

Public Defender Pilot Program

40

CalFire

Prescribed fire & hand crews (Wildfire)

5

— 

CalFire

Forest Legacy Program (Wildfire)

4

— 

CalFire

Interagency forest data hub (Wildfire)

3

— 

CalFire

Monitoring and research (Wildfire)

6

CalRecycle

Compost Permitting Pilot Program (Circular Economy)

7

CalSTA

Active Transportation Program (Transportation Infrastructure)

60

84

CalSTA

Port of Oakland

96

CalWORKs

Expanded Subsidized Employment

134

134

CalWORKs

Family Stabilization

55

71

CalWORKs

Employment Services Intensive Case Management

47

CalWORKs

Single Allocation Ongoing Augmentation

41

41

CARB

Drayage truck & infrastructure pilot (ZEV)

14

CCC

Student housing projects

11

61

CDA

Healthier at Home Pilot

$12

CDFA

California Nutrition Incentive Program

33

CDFA

Enteric methane incentives

23

CDFA

Farm to Community Food Hubs Program (Sustainable Agriculture)

14

CDFA

Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program (Sustainable Agriculture)

9

CDFA

Relief for small farmers (Water and Drought Resilience)

13

CDFA

On‑farm water use technical assistance (Water and Drought Resilience)

6

CDCR

Baseline administrative reduction

15

CDCR

Administrative reductions for prison closures

10

CDCR

Employee Health Program

7

CDCR

TransMetro Bus contract

2

CDCR

County of Release Legislative BCP

2

2

CDCR

DJJ Warm Shutdown Reduction

1

CDCR

Division of Adult Parole Operations urinalysis contract funding

CEC

Equitable Building Decarbonization Program (Energy)

160

CEC

Climate Innovation Program

100

CEC

Drayage trucks & infrastructure pilot project (ZEV)

9

CEC

ZEV manufacturing grants (ZEV)

7

CEC

Emerging Opportunities Program (ZEV)

7

CEC

Carbon Removal Innovation Program (Energy)

40

CEC

Food Production Investment Program (Energy)

19

CEC

Industrial Decarbonization Program (Energy)

22

CEC

Hydrogen grants (Energy)

35

CEC

California Electric Homes Program

6

CEFA

University housing revolving loan program

146

225

Child Welfare

Family Urgent Response System (FURS)

30

Child Welfare

Los Angeles County child welfare services public health nursing program

8

Child Welfare

Housing supplement for supervised independent living placements

Civil Rights

Additional Enforcement and Conciliation Resources

2

CNRA

Redondo Beach Wetlands Restoration (Nature‑Based Solutions)

10

— 

CNRA

Ocean Protection (Coastal Resilience)

35

— 

CNRA

Ocean Protection ‑ SB 1 Implementation (Coastal Resilience)

15

10

CPUC

Capacity Building Grant Program (Energy)

20

CPUC

Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Program

150

CSAC

Middle Class Scholarships one‑time funds

289

CSFA

Community college housing revolving loan program

49

75

CSL

Local Library Infrastructure Grant Program

33

CSL

Local Library Infrastructure Grant Program carryover

131

CSL

California Collaborative Connectivity Grant Program

29

CVMC

Conservancy project implementation (Wildfire)

9

CWDB

Reduce funding for Health and Human Services training grants

45

CWDB

Reduce funding for Low Carbon Economy grants

15

DHCS

Elimination of two‑week fee‑for‑service checkwrite hold

533

DHCS

Clinic Workforce Stabilization Payments

15

DIR

Women in Construction Priority Unit reduction

5

DOC

Biomass to Hydrogen/Biofuels Pilot (Wildfire)

— 

44

— 

DPH

COVID‑19 Website Transition and Information Technology Resources

1

1

DPH

Climate and Health Surveillance Program

3

DPR

Pesticide Notification Network

3

DSS

Temporary Protected Status Immigration Services

10

10

DSS

California State University Immigration Legal Serivces

5

5

DWR

Dam safety (Water and Drought Resilience)

— 

50

— 

DWR

Watershed climate resilience (Water and Drought Resilience)

— 

18

97

DWR

Forecasting activities (Water and Drought Resilience)

— 

7

EDD

EMT Training grants

10

EDD

Displaced Oil and Gas Workers Fund

10

Employee Compensation

Telework Stipend

26

HCAI

Psychiatry loan repayment initiative

$7

HCD

Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program

85

HCD

Housing Navigators

14

HCD

Surplus Land Act

2

HCD

CalHome

153

HCD

Infill Infrastructure Grant Program

200

HCD

Multifamily Housing Program

250

HCD

Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0

300

HCD

Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention

50

JB

Firearm Relinquishment Program

20

OES

Building Resilience

45

OES

Multifamily Seismic Retrofit Matching Funds

15

OES

Gun Buyback Program

21

OES

Home Hardening (Wildfire)

12

OPR

Regional Climate Collaboratives Program (Community Resilience)

— 

10

— 

OPR

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Planning Grants (Community Resilience)

— 

5

— 

OPR

Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program (Extreme Heat)

— 

40

— 

OPR

Regional Climate Resilience Program (Community Resilience)

— 

25

50

OPR

Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications

5

8

OPR

California Volunteers: Foster Grandparent Program

9

OPSC

School Facility Program

500

Parks

Urban waterfront funding (Access)

12

— 

Parks

Outdoor Equity Grant Program (Access)

25

POST

Local Assistance Funding

3

3

RMC

Conservancy project implementation (Wildfire)

1

SCC

Coastal protection and adaptation (Coastal Resilience)

— 

171

— 

SCC

Sea level rise (Coastal Resilience)

— 

221

— 

SCC

Conservancy project implementation (Wildfire)

2

SDRC

Conservancy project implementation (Wildfire)

9

SSJDC

Conservancy project implementation (Wildfire)

6

SWRCB

Water recycling/groundwater cleanup (Water and Drought Resilience)

174

— 

SWRCB

Per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (Water and Drought Resilience)

33

39

30

UC

California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

300

Various

Across‑the‑board reduction to state departments using vacant positions

763

Various

Legislative district priorities based on unspent cash

350

WCB

Resource conservation investment strategies (Nature‑Based Solutions)

— 

5

— 

WCB

Watershed climate resilience (Water and Drought Resilience)

— 

70

228

Totals

$214

$3,135

$4,677

BCH = Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program; FHC = Family Homelessness Challenge Grants; BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero‑emission vehicle; CDA = California Department of Aging; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; BCP = Budget Change Proposal; DJJ = Department of Juvenile Justice; CEC = California Energy Commission; CEFA = California Educational Facilities Authority; Civil Rights = Civil Rights Department; CNRA = Natural Resources Agency; CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission; CSAC = California Student Aid Commission; CSFA = California School Finance Authority; CSL = California State Library; CVMC = Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; DOC = Department of Conservation; DPH = Department of Public Health; DPR = Department of Pesticide Regulation; DSS = Department of Social Services; DWR = Department of Water Resources; EDD = Employment Development Department; Employee Compensation = Statewide Employee Compensation; HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; JB = Judicial Branch; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; OPR = Office of Planning and Research; OPSC = Office of Public School Construction; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; POST = Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training; SCC = State Coastal Conservancy; SDRC = San Diego River Conservancy; RMC = San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy; SSJDC = Sacramento‑San Joaquin Delta Conservancy; SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board; Various = various departments; and WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board.

Appendix 1, Figure 4

Reversions Proposed in the 2024‑25 Governor’s Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/
Program Area

Description

2022‑23

2023‑24

2024‑25

CalWORKs

Single Allocation Partial Reversion

$337

CDTFA

Salary Savings

$20

Child Care

GCC budgeting methodology change

‑15

573

$388

Judicial Branch

Trial Court Trust Fund unrestricted fund balance reversion

75

Judicial Branch

Trial Court Emergency Fund one‑time reversion

5

OES

CERF Transfer to General Fund—DHCS Health Care Retention Payments

57

State Preschool

Estimated unspent funds in 2024‑25

172

Various

Various DREOA adjustments related to past fires, floods, and pandemica

1,363

Totals

$1,685

650

640

aScored as a change to the entering fund balance.

CDTFA = California Department of Tax and Fee Administration; GCC = General Child Care; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; CERF = California Emergency Relief Fund; DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; and DREOA = Disaster Response and Emergency Operations Account.