July 2026
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. | |||||