July 2025

California State Library

California State Library Spending by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2023-24
Actual
2024-25
Revised
2025-26
Enacted
Change from 2024-25
Amount Percent
Local Assistance Programs          
Library Services and Technology Act $10.2 $11.3 — -$11.3 -100%
Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program 18.4 7.3 $7.3 — —
Lunch at the Library 5.5 3.0 3.0 — —
California Library Services Act 4.6 2.9 2.9 — —
Statewide Library Broadband Services Program 4.0 4.1 4.1 — —
Telephonic Reading for the Blind 0.6 0.6 0.6 — —
California Newspaper Project 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.4 -100
State Government Oral Histories Program 0.1 0.1 0.1 — —
One-time adjustmentsa 215.9 -1.1 78.1 79.2 7252%
Subtotals ($259.8) ($28.5) ($96.0) ($67.5) (236%)
State Operations          
State Library Services $30.4 $29.0 $40.4 $11.4 39%
Library Development Services 7.31 4.73 7.59 2.85 60
Information Technology Services 3.12 3.51 3.85 0.34 10
Subtotals ($40.8) ($37.3) ($51.8) ($14.6) (39%)
Totals $300.6 $65.8 $147.9 $82.1 124.7%
Funding          
General Fund Ongoing $44.8 $45.0 $45.3 $0.3 0.8%
General Fund One Time 236.1 -1.1 91.9 93.0 8575
Federal Trust Fund 15.4 18.4 7.1 -11.2 -61.3
Otherb 4.2 3.5 3.5 — —
           
a Reflects one-time carryover, reappropriations, and other one-time initiatives.   
b Includes California State Law Library Special Account, Central Service Cost Recovery Fund, and the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.