Overview of the Spending Plan

Appendix 1: General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Criminal Justice
General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Education
General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Health
General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Human Services, Housing, and Homelessness
General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Other
General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Resources and Environment

Appendix 1, Figure 1

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Criminal Justice

Dollars in Millions

Department or Program	Description	2026‑27
BSCC	Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Grant Program	$15.0
BSCC	Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition	6.0
BSCC	Home After Harm program	5.5
BSCC	Broken by Violence Program for gun violence prevention	3.0
BSCC	Menopause Project at Impact Justice	1.1
CDCR	RIGHT grant	20.0
CDCR	Statewide correctional video surveillance completion	10.0
CDCR	Telemental health staffing augmentation	8.9
CDCR	Crisis intervention teams	7.4
CDCR	Hope and redemption teams	5.0
CDCR	Electronic heath records system enhancement	2.2
CDCR	Sports programming	2.0
CDCR	Reception center processing time reduction	2.0
CDCR	Tattoo removal program	1.2
CMD	Drug interdiction continuation	15.0
CVCB	Trauma recovery centers	12.5
DOJ	Firearms IT Systems Modernization Project	11.2
DOJ	Shift of support for firearm workload to General Fund	8.0
DOJ	Organized retail criminal enterprise investigations	2.2
DOJ	Firearm barrels workload that can be supported by fees	1.2
JB	Deferred Maintenance	150.0
JB	New judgeships and related facility modifications	99.9
JB	New Santa Clarita Courthouse reappropriation	34.2
JB	New San Luis Obispo Courthouse reappropriation	30.7
JB	New Fresno Courthouse reappropriations	29.3
JB	Equal Access Fund	24.0
JB	Court Appointed Special Advocates	20.0
JB	Proposition 36 pretrial services funding	20.0
JB	New Solano Hall of Justice reappropriations	17.3
JB	New Santa Clarita Courthouse performance criteria	12.5
JB	Kings County—courtroom for new judgeship	7.6
JB	Sutter County—courtroom for new judgeship	6.5
JB	Tahoe Courthouse renovation	6.4
JB	San Joaquin County—courtroom for new judgeship	6.4
JB	New East County Courthouse acquisition and performance criteria	6.4
JB	Access to Justice Commission	6.0
JB	Firearms relinquishment grant reappropriation	6.0
JB	New Nevada City Courthouse reappropriation	4.6
JB	New Tracy Courthouse performance criteria	3.5
JB	CARE Court Referral and Petition Pipeline	3.5
JB	Clearlake Courthouse renovation	2.7
JB	New Quincy Courthouse performance criteria	2.3
JB	New Nevada City Courthouse performance criteria	1.5
JB	New Quincy Courthouse reappropriation	1.5
OIG	Funding to offset past reductions	2.0
OSPD	Indigent defense pilot	5.0
Total		$649.1
^aThe budget includes $27.6 million in 2027‑28 ($55.2 million in 2028‑29 and ongoing) for parole substance use disorder treatment.
BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; RIGHT grant = Rehabilitative Investment Grants for Healing and Transformation grant; CMD = California Military Department; CVCB = California Victim Compensation Board; DOJ = Department of Justice; IT = information technology; JB = Judicial Branch; CARE = Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Act; OIG = Office of the Inspector General; and OSPD = Office of the State Public Defender.

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General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Education

Dollars in Millions

Department or Program	Description	2025‑26	2026‑27
BPPE	Legal costs shifted from special fund to General Fund	—	$10.0
CCC	Four new positions at Chancellor’s Office	—	0.6
CDE	Legal costs	—	5.0
CDE	Rural after school programs	—	5.0
CDE	Deferred maintenance oversight	—	4.0
CDE	State Preschool direct deposit	—	2.1
CDE	Server room air conditioning and power supply replacement	—	1.3
CDE	Staff for State Preschool audits	—	0.9
CDE	Staff for State Preschool rate reform	—	0.6
CLSF	Campus security	—	1.0
CSAC	Golden State Teacher Grants (2027‑28 awards)	—	10.0
CSAC	Implementation of Workforce Pell Grants	—	0.7
CSL	Local library infrastructure grants (reappropriation)	—	94.3
CSL	Career Online High School	—	5.0
CSL	Higher rental costs (Library and Courts I and II buildings)	—	1.1
CSL	LGBTQ archives	$0.8	—
CSU	California‑Mexican Initiative for New Opportunities	—	5.4
CTC	Various Commission on Teacher Credentialing staff increases	—	4.3
GovOps	California Education Learning Lab (reinstate)	—	4.0
GovOps	Implementation of Workforce Pell Grants, Cradle to Career	—	1.3
UC	California Local News Fellowships	—	22.8
UC	Student basic needs, housing, and disability services	—	20.0
UC	UC and CSU Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning	—	15.6
UC	California Institutes for Science and Innovation	—	14.9
UC	Jordan’s Syndrome research	—	12.8
UC	Climate Change Research Institute	—	10.0
UC	Cal‑Bridge STEM program	—	9.0
UC	UC Berkeley stadium lighting	—	5.3
UC	Voting Rights Project	—	5.0
UC	UC Degree Plus	—	5.0
UC	UCLA Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy	—	5.0
UC	UC San Diego PRIME Rx	—	3.6
UC	Menopause centers	—	3.4
UC	Central Coast PRIME	—	3.3
UC	UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies	—	3.0
UC	South San Diego bachelor’s degree program	—	3.0
UC	UC Berkeley Optometry ACCESS program	—	1.8
UC	First Start Academies for foster youth	—	1.5
UC	Center for Race and Democracy Studies	—	1.5
UC	UC Berkeley IGS Library Digitization Project	—	1.4
UC	UCLA CalKIDS Institute	—	1.3
UC	California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education	—	1.2
UC	ENLACE STEM summer research program	—	0.8
UC	UC Berkeley AAPI Data Research	—	0.8
UC	UCLA CalFresh Enrollment Accelerator	—	0.2
Totals		$0.8	$308.6
Note: The budget also includes provisional language temporarily raising the Cal Grant age cap from age 28 to 30 beginning in 2027‑28 and extending through 2031‑32. The state intends to provide a total of $111 million over that five‑year period to cover the associated cost.
BPPE = Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education; CCC = California Community Colleges; CDE = California Department of Education; CLSF = College of the Law, San Francisco; CSAC = California Student Aid Commission; CSL = California State Library; LGBTQ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer; CSU = California State University; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; GovOps = Government Operations Agency, Secretary; UC = University of California; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles; PRIME = Programs in Medical Education; ACCESS = Advance Career and Clinical Education in Support of Students; IGS = Institute of Governmental Studies; CalKIDS = California Kids Investment and Development Savings program; and AAPI = Asian American and Pacific Islander.

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General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Health

Dollars in Millions

Department or Program	Description	2025‑26	2026‑27
DHCS	Proposition 36 funding package	—	$20.0
DHCS	Allcove Youth Behavioral Health Services	—	5.0
DHCS	CYBHI Implementation	—	2.0
DHCS	The Yurok Tribe of California’s Health Programs	—	2.0
DPH	LGBTQ+ community centers	—	10.0
DPH	Sickle cell centers	—	6.0
DPH	Advisory council for physical fitness and mental well‑being	—	5.0
DPH	ALS wrap around services	—	3.5
DPH	Substance use disorder treatment awareness	—	3.2
DPH	Healthy foods	—	0.8
EMSA	Administrative resources	—	1.4
HCAI	Distressed hospital grants^a	—	90.0
HCAI	Uncompensated Care Program	—	30.0
HCAI	CalRx insulin reappropriation	—	18.4
HCAI	CalRx epinephrine pens and tuberculosis drugs	—	15.5
HCAI	Promotora workforce training	—	15.0
HCAI	Gender affirming care provider stabilization	—	10.0
HCAI	Abortion Practical Support Fund	—	10.0
HCAI	Health Care Access Stability Unit	—	10.0
HCAI	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	—	5.0
HCAI	Physician Access Workforce Program	—	5.0
HCAI	Support for family planning providers	$90.0	—
HCAI	Distressed hospital grants (early action)	25.0	—
Medi‑Cal	Delayed safety net clinic payment reduction budget solution	—	1,010.7
Medi‑Cal	Dental benefits for UIS adults	—	360.8
Medi‑Cal	Delayed dental payment reduction budget solution	—	258.2
Medi‑Cal	Public hospital grants	—	250.0
Medi‑Cal	Private duty nursing funding	—	30.0
Totals		$115.0	$2,177.4
^aThe budget authorizes the Department of Finance to add up to $50 million in 2026‑27 to the appropriation.
DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; CYBHI = Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative; DPH = Department of Public Health; LGBTQ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer; ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; EMSA = Emergency Medical Services Authority; HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information; and UIS = unsatisfactory immigration status.

Appendix 1, Figure 4

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Human Services, Housing, and Homelessness

Dollars in Millions

Department or Program	Description	2026‑27
Aging	Disadvantaged Seniors	$20.0
CalFood	General food bank distribution	100.0
CalFood	Diaper and wipe distribution	16.5
CalFresh	Fruit and vegetable pilot extension	20.0
CalFresh	Eligibility and enrollment outreach	14.0
CalFresh	Administration performance monitoring	1.7
CalHFA	Disaster Rebuilding Fund	56.0
CalWORKs	Housing Support Program augmentation	10.0
Child Care	New child care slots	228.0
Child Care	Child care monthly cost of care plus increase	111.8
Child Welfare	Child protective services emergency response one‑time augmentation	20.0
Child Welfare	Bringing Families Home one‑time augmentation	15.0
DDS	Life Outcomes Improvement System IT project planning	5.7
DDS	Equitable and consistent needs assessment	4.4
DSS	Home Safe	50.0
DSS	One California Immigration Services Funding	35.5
DSS	Stop the Hate	30.0
DSS	Housing and Disabilities Advocacy Program	25.0
DSS	Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project (CHIRP)	15.0
DSS	ESAVN	12.0
DSS	Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program	12.0
DSS	Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)	10.0
DSS	Regional capacity‑building in underserved communities	10.0
DSS	Southern Central Coast Regional Network Hub for Immigrant Families	10.0
DSS	Immigration Legal Fellowship	7.5
DSS	Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART)	6.0
DSS	Outreach for immigration‑related services to underserved populations	5.0
DSS	Access to Counsel Pilot Project	5.0
DSS	Centro La Familia for immigrant support services	2.0
Food Assistance	Feeding San Diego	4.0
Food Assistance	Every Day Action for infrastructure, vehicles, and operations	1.5
Food Assistance	San Diego Food Bank	1.3
Food Assistance	Meal on Wheels San Diego County	0.7
HCD	Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program	400.0
HCD	Multifamily Housing Program	200.0
HCD	Infill Infrastructure Grant (reappropriation)	8.9
HCD	Alliance for Community Empowerment	3.9
IHSS	H.R. 1 Impacts to IHSS—Qualified Non‑Citizens	25.5
Total		$1,474.5
Aging = Department of Aging; CalHFA = California Housing Finance Agency; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; DSS = Department of Social Services; ESAVN = Enhanced Services for Asylees and Vulnerable Noncitizens; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; and IHSS = In‑Home Supportive Services.

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General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Other

Dollars in Millions

Department or Program	Description	2026‑27
BOE	Cloud‑based tax administration system	$3.2
CAC	LA28 arts and cultural programming	5.0
CAC	Protagonist Black	5.0
CAC	Watts Tower Cultural Center	5.0
CAC	Actors’ gang prison project	1.8
Cal OES	Nonprofit security grant program	80.0
Cal OES	Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) supplemental funding	50.0
Cal OES	Southern regional emergency operations center support	12.5
Cal OES	Victims of human trafficking grant program	10.0
Cal OES	Vertical prosecution grants for human trafficking	10.0
Cal OES	Emergency equipment, vehicles, and projects	3.1
Cal OES	Standardize forensic examinations	3.0
CalSTA	IT portfolio management office	0.9
Caltrans	Clean California litter abatement	40.0
Caltrans	Homeless encampment coordinators	6.3
Caltrans	City of Ventura Main Street	2.0
CDFA	Farm to school efforts	24.6
CDFA	Enteric methane incentives	23.0
CDFA	California Nutrition Incentive Program	15.0
CDFA	Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program	15.0
CDFA	Plant health and pest prevention programs	10.5
CDFA	Managed Honeybee Health Program	2.5
CHP	Office site identification	1.0
CHRB	Fee relief	4.0
DCA	California State Athletic Commission	1.7
DOI	Home hardening oversight and wildfire risk mitigation grant (reappropriation)	11.5
DOJ	Additional funding for federal‑related litigation	10.0
Elections	November 2026 General Election administration	40.0
Food Assistance	San Diego Food Bank	1.3
FTB	Replacement of disaster recovery mainframe servers	13.1
Go‑Biz	Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund	12.0
Go‑Biz	California Civic Media Program	10.0
Go‑Biz	Urban Business Resource Center—infrastructure modernization	2.0
Go‑Biz	INDSTRY Workforce Development Initiative	1.5
Go‑Biz	California Export Promotion Program	1.4
Go‑Biz	Funding for CA Fringe festivals (funded entity unknown)	1.0
GO‑SERVE	CalVolunteers: City Year	10.0
GO‑SERVE	CalVolunteers: Student Success Coach Grant Program	5.0
Gov Ops	Office of Civil Rights	3.6
Gov Ops	Hispanas Organized for Political Equity (HOPE)	1.5
LCI	Central Coast Community Resilience Hub Accelerator	3.0
LCI	CalHeatScore implementation	0.5
LGF	Partial backfill pertaining to insufficient ERAF in three counties	80.0
WDB	Social Enterpreneurs for Economic Development	10.8
WDB	Ongoing operations	5.6
WDB	Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (CROP)	5.0
WDB	Youth workforce training at the ports	5.0
WDB	Hospitality Training Academy	5.0
WDB	UFCW Western States Council High Road Workforce Initiative	3.0
Total		$576.9
BOE = State Board of Equalization; CAC = California Arts Council; Cal OES = California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; IT = information technology; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CHP = California Highway Patrol; CHRB = California Horse Racing Board; DCA = Department of Consumer Affairs; DOI = Department of Insurance; DOJ = Department of Justice; FTB = Franchise Tax Board; Go‑Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; GO‑SERVE = Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement; Gov Ops = Government Operations, Secretary; LCI = Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation; LGF = Local Government Financing; ERAF = Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund; WDB = Workforce Development Board; and UFCW = United Food and Commercial Workers.

Appendix 1, Figure 6

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2026‑27 Spending Plan: Resources and Environment

Dollars in Millions

Department or Program	Description	2026‑27
CalFire	Boggs Mountain Helitack Base facility relocation	$4.8
CalFire	Happy Valley Fire Center property acquisition	6.0
CalFire	Hemet‑Ryan Air Attack Base facility replacement	1.8
CalFire	Hollister Air Attack Base/Bear Valley Helitack Base facility relocation	5.5
CalFire	Home hardening inventory (AB 1964)	2.5
CalFire	Howard Forest Helitack Base facility replacement	1.9
CalFire	Humboldt‑Del Norte Unit headquarters	4.0
CalFire	L.A. Moran Reforestation Center improvements	1.2
CalFire	Parlin Fork Conversation Camp kitchen repairs	4.1
CalFire	Enhanced defensible space inspections (ongoing)	6.2
CalFire	Riverside Unit headquarters property acquisition	10.0
CalFire	Tehama Glenn Unit Headquarters facility relocation	4.5
CalFire	Witch Creek Fire Station facility relocation	3.3
ARB	Community Air Protection Program	150.0
CCC	Hand crew daily wildfire readiness schedule	11.7
CEC	Heat pump incentives	2.0
CNRA	California Alliance of Child and Family Services	1.8
CNRA	Camp Ramah	5.7
CNRA	Destination Crenshaw Boulevard projects	5.0
CNRA	Geothermal resource exploration	10.0
CNRA	Habitat restoration projects	5.0
CNRA	Museum of Tolerance	12.0
CNRA	Oakland Children’s Fairyland	5.0
CNRA	Treatment of algae blooms in Discovery Bay	1.4
CNRA	Reinvent Stockton Foundation	3.0
CNRA	San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts	2.0
CNRA	Women in California Politics Museum	1.0
DFW	Nutria eradication	8.2
DFW	San Joaquin River salmon restoration	5.0
DFW	Mojave desert tortoise recovery	2.0
DFW	Delta golden mussel decontamination	6.0
DTSC	Exide residential cleanup (loan)	50.0
DWR	River forecast and snow survey resources	9.5
DWR	Delta levees program mitigation	7.9
DWR	Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program	25.0
Expo Park	California African American Museum operations	5.0
Expo Park	Utility replacement and site improvements	76.0
Parks	California Indian Heritage Center initial operations	0.8
Parks	California State Parks Library Pass Program	6.8
Parks	Fort Ord Dunes campground operations	3.6
SWRCB	Regional 6PPD‑quinone sampling	1.0
Total		$478.0
CARB = California Air Resources Board; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = Department of Fish and Wildlife; DTSC = Department of Toxic Substances Control; DWR = Department of Water Resources; Expo Park = Exposition Park; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; and SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board.