January 2023

California State Library

California State Library Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2021-22
Actual		 2022-23
Revised		 2023-24
Proposed		 Change from 2022-23
Amount Percent
Local Assistance          
Library Services and Technology Act $19.6 $11.3 $11.3 — —
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 8.4 7.3 7.3 — —
Lunch at the Library 0.8 5.5 5.5 — —
California Library Services Act 4.6 4.6 4.6 — —
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 10.0 4.0 4.0 0.1 1.3%
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 0.1 0.1 0.1 — —
One-time Carryovera 1.3 — 506.0 506.0 —
Other one-time initiatives 81.4 253.1 2.4 -250.7 -99.1
Subtotals ($127.3) ($286.8) ($542.2) ($255.4) (89.0%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $26.2 $42.1 $30.7 -$11.5 -27.2%
Library Development Services 4.3 6.2 5.5 -0.8 -12.2
Information Technology Services 3.3 3.8 3.6 -0.2 -4.2
Subtotals ($33.8) ($52.1) ($39.7) (-$12.4) (-23.8%)
Totals $161.1 $338.9 $581.9 $243.0 71.7%
Funding          
General Fund Ongoing $38.3 $51.1 $51.7 $0.4 0.8%
General Fund One Time 93.8 265.9 508.4 242.8 91.3
Federal Trust Fund 26.1 18.2 18.2 —b —b
Otherc 2.9 3.8 3.6 -0.2 -5.3
a The 2021-22 amount reflects carryover from an original 2019-20 appropriation for upgrading broadband equipment. The 2023-24 amount reflects carryover from various appropriations originally made in 2021-22 (specifically for the California Civil Liberties Public Education Act, outreach grants to ethnic media programs, the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, English as a Second Language services, upgrading broadband equipment, and local library infrastructure grants).
b Less than $500,000 or 0.5 percent.
c Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.