January 13, 2024


The 2024‑25 Budget

Overview of the Governor’s Budget


Appendix 3: New Discretionary Spending



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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.