Overview of the Governor’s Budget

Appendix 3: New Discretionary Spending

Other New Discretionary Spending Proposed in the 2024-25 Governor’s Budget
Discretionary Spending Proposed in the 2024-25 Governor’s Budget: Resources and Environment

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Appendix 3, Figure 1

Other New Discretionary Spending Proposed in the 2024-25 Governor’s Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/ Program Area	Description	2023-24	2024-25
BSCC	Proposition 57 (2016) impact on prison releases	—	$4.4
CDCR	Increased attorney fees for Board of Parole Hearings	—	2.1
CDE	Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program	—	4.4
CDE	Technology and network maintenance	—	3.4
CDE	Legal costs	—	0.5
CDT	Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative	—	250.0
CDT	Intrusion Detection and Prevention System Replacement	—	0.8
CDT	Information Security Compliance	—	0.3
CLSF	Base augmentation	—	2.2
CMD	Drug Interdiction continuation	—	15.0
CDFA	South Valley Laboratory repair	$22.7	—
CDFA	Emergency exotic pest response	22.1	—
DHCS	Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Fund Shift	—	265.0
DHCS	Medi-Cal Wellness Coach Benefit	—	4.1
DOJ	Small client workload	—	4.0
EDD	EDDNext	—	81.7
FI$CAL	Budget-Year FI$Cal Project Activities	—	10.6
FI$CAL	Current-Year FI$Cal Project Activities	20.7	—
FTB	Enterprise Data to Revenue Phase 2	—	127.0
Go-Biz	Additional year of grants	—	60.0
Go-Biz	Infrastructure State Revolving Fund	—	50.0
JB	Ongoing funding for court-based self help centers	—	19.5
JB	Trial courts facility operations and maintenance	—	3.6
Tax Relief	Property Tax Postponement Program	—	7.5
UC	Graduate medical education (backfill drop in Proposition 56 revenues)	0.2	2.6
Various	Repay special fund loans	—	800.0
Totals		$65.7	$1,718.2
BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; CDE = California Department of Education; CDT = California Department of Technology; CLSF = College of the Law, San Francisco; CMD = California Military Department; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; DHCS = State Department of Health Care Services; DOJ = Department of Justice; EDD = Employment Development Department; FI$Cal = Financial Information System for California; FTB = Franchise Tax Board; Go-Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; JB = Judicial Branch; and Various = various departments.

Appendix 3, Figure 2

Discretionary Spending Proposed in the 2024-25 Governor’s Budget: Resources and Environment

General Fund (In Millions)

Department/ Program Area	Description	2023-24	2024-25
CalFire	66-hour workweek implementation	—	197.1
CalFire	Additional CalFire training center: new facility	—	18.7
CalFire	Ishi Conservation Camp: replace kitchen	—	11.0
CalFire	Hollister Air Attack Base/Bear Valley Helitack Base: relocate facility	—	2.4
CalFire	Rohnerville Air Attack Base: replace fuel system	—	1.9
CalFire	Boggs Mountain Helitack Base: relocate facility	—	1.5
CalFire	Hayfork Fire Station: relocate facility	—	0.6
DFW	Salton Sea Management Program	—	0.7
DFW	Flood damage repairs on levees in Mendota Wildlife Area	13.1	—
DWR	Salton Sea Management Program	—	64.3
DWR	Urban flood risk reduction	—	33.0
DWR	Central Valley systemwide flood risk reduction	—	31.3
DWR	Flood damage repairs on Delta levees to protect DWR land	13.5	—
DWR	State cost of flood damage repairs on state-federal levees	3.0	—
Parks	Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park mine remediation	—	6.0
Totals		29.6	368.6
CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; DFW = Fish and Wildlife; DWR = Department of Water Resources; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation.