January 2021

California State Library

California State Library Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2019-20
Actual		 2020-21
Revised		 2021-22
Proposed		 Change from 2020-21
Amount Percent
Local Assistance          
Library Services and Technology Act $11.3 $14.8 $11.3 -$3.6 -24.1%
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 7.3 7.3 7.3 — —
California Library Services Act 4.6 1.9 2.9 1.0 53.2
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 2.8 3.3 3.5 0.2 6.1
Carryover from one-time broadband initiativea — — 1.3 1.3 —
Lunch at the Library 1.0 — 0.8 0.8 —
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 0.2 0.3 0.3 — —
Early learning and after school library programs 5.0 — 5.0 5.0 —
Grants for mobile libraries 3.0 — 3.0 3.0 —
Other one-time initiatives 11.1 — — — —
Subtotals ($47.4) ($28.6) ($36.3) ($7.7) (27.1%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $22.5 $21.5 $22.6 $1.1 5.0%
Library Development Services 3.6 3.5 3.7 0.2 5.6
Information Technology Services 2.9 2.7 2.7 0.1 3.1
Subtotals ($29.0) ($27.7) ($29.0) ($1.4) (4.9%)
Totals $76.4 $56.2 $65.3 $9.1 16.2%
Funding          
General Fund Ongoing $32.7 $31.0 $34.1 $3.1 10.1%
General Fund One Time 22.1 0.3 9.3 9.0 N/A
Federal Trust Fund 18.8 22.1 19.0 -3.2 -14.3
Otherb 2.8 2.8 2.9 0.1 4.8
a Reflects unspent one-time funds from a total of $3 million provided in 2018-19 to assist local libraries with increasing their internet speeds.
b Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.