January 2020

California State Library

California State Library Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2018-19 Actual 2019-20 Revised 2020-21 Proposed Change from 2019-20
Amount Percent
Local Assistance          
Library Services and Technology Act $11.3 $11.3 $11.3
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 7.3 7.3 7.3
California Library Services Act 5.1 4.6 4.6
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 7.8 2.8 3.0 0.2 6.0
Lunch at the Library 1.0 1.0 1.0
Telephonic Reading for the Blind 0.6 0.6 0.6
California Newspaper Project 0.4 0.4 0.4
State Government Oral Histories Program 0.3 0.3 0.3
Other one-time initiatives 3.0 19.1 -19.1 -100.0
Totals $36.7 $47.4 $28.4 -$19.0 -40.0%
State Operations          
State Library Services $21.2 $22.6 $22.5 -$0.1 -0.3%
Library Development Services 3.4 3.6 3.6
Information Technology Services 2.5 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -8.4
Totals $27.1 $29.1 $28.7 -$0.3 -1.1%
Grand Totals $63.818 $76.5 $57.2 -$19.3 -25.2%
Funding          
General Fund Ongoing $31.0 $32.8 $33.5 $0.7 2.3%
General Fund One Time 11.7 22.1 2.0 -20.1 -91.0
Federal Trust Fund 18.6 18.8 18.8 0.0 0.0
Othera 2.5 2.8 2.8 0.1 2.6
a Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.