Overview of the Governor’s Budget

Appendix 2: General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals

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General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget: Criminal Justice
General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget: Enviornment and Transportation
General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget: Health, Housing, and Education
General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget: Other
General Fund Discretionary Tax Expenditure Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget

Appendix 2, Figure 1

General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget:
Criminal Justice

(In Millions)

Department or Program	Description	2023‑24	2024‑25	2025‑26
CDCR	Air Cooling Pilot Program	—	—	$24
CDCR	Returning Home Well continuation	—	—	13
CDCR	COVID‑19 mitigation efforts	—	—	13
CDCR	San Quentin Rehabilitation Center: Rehabilitation program enhancements	—	—	8
DOJ	Firearms IT Systems Modernization Project	—	—	11
DOJ	DNA ID Fund backfill	—	—	—^a
JB	Fresno County Courthouse	—	—	18
JB	New San Luis Obispo Courthouse	—	—	8
JB	Supreme court and courts of appeal court‑appointed counsel programs	—	—	6
JB	Butte County: juvenile hall addition and renovation	—	—	5
JB	Solano County: new Solano hall of justice	—	—	5
JB	Los Angeles County: new Santa Clarita courthouse reappropriation	$34	—	—
Totals		$34	—	$111
^aCurrent backfill scheduled to expire at the end of 2025‑26. Proposal includes $35 million ongoing outside of the budget window.
CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; JB = Judicial Branch; and DOJ = Department of Justice.

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General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget:
Environment and Transportation

(In Millions)

Department or Program	Description	2025‑26
CalFire	Aircraft contract increase	$38
CalFire	Macdoel Station relocation project construction	11
CalFire	Higgins Corner Station replacement construction	10
CalFire	Alma Helitack Base relocation preliminary plans	4
CalFire	Boggs Mtn Helitack Base relocation working drawings	3
Caltrans	Clean California Community Cleanup Program	25
CHP	Child sex abuse investigations	5
CNRA	Museum of Tolerance	10
Parks	Library Parks Pass Program	7
Totals		$112
CalFire = Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Caltrans = Department of Transportation; CHP = California Highway Patrol; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; and Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation.

Appendix 2, Figure 3

General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget:
Health, Housing, and Education

(In Millions)

Department or Program	Description	2024‑25	2025‑26
CDE	Legal costs		$2
CDE	Principal apportionment system replacement		1
CLSF	Base augmentation		2
CRD	California vs Hate Resource Line		2
CSAC	California College of the Arts		20
CSU	Capital Fellows salary increase		1
DPH	Governor’s Advisory Council	‑$2.5	3
HCAI	Health Care Payor Database		9
HCAI	Diaper access initiative		7
SIB	CalKIDS marketing and outreach		1
Totals		‑$3	$49
CDE = California Department of Education; CLSF = College of the Law, San Francisco; CRD = Civil Rights Department; CSAC = California Student Aid Commission; CSU = California State University; HCAI = Department Health Care Access and Information; and SIB = Scholarshare Investment Board.

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General Fund Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget:
Other

(In Millions)

Department or Program	Description	2023‑24	2024‑25	2025‑26
CDFA	Farm‑to‑School efforts	—	—	$25
CDT	Digital ID statewide service offering	—	—	1
CDT	OIS’s Advisory Services Program vCISO Service	—	—	1
CSL	Cybersecurity infrastructure upgrades	—	—	—
EDD	Continuation of cybersecurity staffing	—	—	7
Go‑Biz	California Competes grants	—	—	60
Go‑Biz	Capital expenditures for America Design and Collaboration Facility	—	—	25
Go‑Biz	Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Program (CalRISE)	—	—	17
GOSERVE	Belonging campaign	—	—	5
GOSERVE	College Corps expansion	—	—	5
GovOps	Education and Workforce Development Coordinating Council	—	—	5
JB	Partial restoration of ongoing 2024‑25 reduction to trial court operations	—	—	42
JB	Funding to address increased trial court operation costs	—	—	40
Local Government	Property tax backfill for 2024 wildfires	—	—	—
LWDA	Regional coordination for career education	—	—	4
OES	California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force	$5	$5	5
OES	Law Enforcement Mutual Aid, with extended encumbrance period	—	22	—
Totals		$5	$27	$242
CDFA = Department of Food and Agriculture; CDT = California Department of Technology; CSL = California State Library; EDD = Employment Development Department; Go‑Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; GOSERVE = Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement; GovOps = Secretary for Government Operations Agency; JB = Judicial Branch; LWDA = Labor and Workforce Development Agency; and OES = Office of Emergency Services.

Appendix 2, Figure 5

General Fund Discretionary Tax Expenditure Proposals
in the 2025‑26 Governor’s Budget

(In Millions)

Source	Description	2024‑25	2025‑26
Personal Income Tax	Military retirement pay exclusion	$130	$85
Corporation Tax	Film Tax Credit expansion	14	65
Totals		$144	$150