July 2026

California State Library

California State Library Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions)

  2024-25
Actual
2025-26
Revised
2026-27
Enacted
Change From 2025-26
Amount Percent
General Fund          
Ongoing $44.1 $46.6 $47.3 $0.6 1.4%
One Timea 58.0 13.4 21.9b 8.6 64.4
Subtotals ($102.2) ($60.0) ($69.2) ($9.2) (0.2%)
Remaining Funds          
Federal Trust Fundc $15.5 $18.4 $18.5 $0.0 0%
CSCRF 2.5 2.5 2.1 -0.4 -17.5
Otherd 0.8 1.1 1.1
Subtotals ($18.7) ($22.0) ($21.6) (-$0.4) (0.0)
Totals $120.9 $82.0 $90.8 $8.8 $0.107
           
a Consists of carryover, reappropriations, and new one-time spending.    
b Chapter 19 of 2026 (AB 109, Gabriel) reappropriates up to $94.3 million in prior-year unspent funds for local library infrastructure grants. The Schedule 9 does not include this reappropriation.
c The amounts for 2025-26 and 2026-27 reflect budget authority. For the past few years, the Department of Finance has provided approximately $3 million of budget authority in excess of the State Library's actual federal grant amounts.
d Includes the California State Law Library Special Account, the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund, and reimbursements.
CSCRF = Central Services Cost Recovery Fund.