EdBudget Figures
September 2026
California State Library
California State Library Spending by Program
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2024-25 Actual |
2025-26 Revised |
2026-27 Enacted |
Change From 2025-26 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Local Assistance Programs | |||||
| Library Services and Technology Act | $8.6 | $9.9 | $9.9 | — | — |
| Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | — | — |
| Lunch at the Library | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | — |
| California Library Services Act | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | — | — |
| Statewide Library Broadband Services Program | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | — | — |
| Telephonic Reading for the Blind | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | — | — |
| California Newspaper Project | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| State Government Oral Histories Program | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -$0.1 | -100% |
| One-time adjustments | 57.1 | 8.8 | 23.0a | 14.3 | 163 |
| Subtotals | ($84.1) | ($36.6) | ($50.7) | ($14.2) | (38.7%) |
| State Operations | |||||
| State Library Services | $28.0 | $31.6 | $40.5 | $9.0b | 28% |
| Library Development Services | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | -0.1 | -1 |
| Information Technology Services | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | -0.0 | -1 |
| Subtotals | ($36.8) | ($40.9) | ($49.8) | ($8.9) | (21.7%) |
| Totals | $120.9 | $77.5 | $100.5 | $23.0 | 29.7% |
| Funding | |||||
| Ongoing General Fund | $44.1 | $46.6 | $47.3 | $0.6 | 1.4% |
| One-time General Fund | 58.0 | 8.9 | 31.5 | 22.7 | 256.2 |
| Federal Trust Fund | 15.5 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Otherc | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | -0.4 | -12.3 |
| a Consists of new one-time spending, carryover, and one reappropriation. Does not include up to $94.3 million in reappropriated funds for local library infrastructure grants. | |||||
| b Consists of $8.7 million in carryover from the digitization initiative, $1.1 million in additional ongoing funding for rental payments, compensation adjustments, and various other offsetting adjustments. | |||||
| c Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund. | |||||