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Ann Hollingshead



Update (9/11/24): Managed care organization tax increase corrected in Appendix 1 (Figure 4) and Appendix 2 (Figure 1).

Update (10/2/24): Figure 8 has been updated for final actions.


September 6, 2024

The 2024‑25 Budget

Overview of the Spending Plan

Appendix 3



Appendix 3, Figure 1

Early Action: Cost Shifts in the 2024‑25 Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department

Description

2023‑24

2024‑25

BSCC

Loan from Allocation 3 of the Cannabis Tax to General Funda

—

$100

CalPERS

Retirement contribution reductions using Proposition 2 debt funding

—

1,296

CHP

Performance Criteria Funding for Six Area Offices ‑ Cash to Bonds

$13

—

DMHC

Managed Care Enrollment Fund

—

23

DMV

Oxnard Field Office Reconfiguration ‑ Cash to Bonds

14

—

DMV

El Centro Field Office Replacement ‑ Cash to Bonds

2

—

DOJ

Unfair Competition Law Fund loan to General Fund

—

100

DPH

AIDS Drug Assistance Program Fund Loan to General Fund

—

500

HCAI

Hospital Building Fund Loan to General Fund

—

50

HCAI

California Health and Data Planning Fund Loan to General Fund

—

11

HCAI

Registered Nurse Education Fund Loan to General Fund

—

3

HCAI

Vocational Nurse Education Fund Loan to General Fund

—

1

HCAI

Mental Health Practitioner Fund Loan to General Fund

—

1

Joint Expenses

State Project Infrastructure Fund loan to General Fund

—

50

June to July Payroll Deferral

Payroll Deferral (June 2025 to July 2025)

—

1,577

LWDA

Loan from Labor and Workforce Development Fund

—

125

LWDA

Special fund loan repayment extension

—

107

SWRCB

Loan to General Fund from Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund

—

201

Total

$30

$4,145

aThis loan was ultimately cancelled as part of the final budget.

BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CalPERS = California Public Employees Retirement System; CHP = California Highway Patrol; DMHC = Department of Managed Health Care; DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles; DOJ = Department of Justice; DPH = Department of Public Health; AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HCAI = Health Care Access and Information; LWDA = Labor and Workforce Development Agency; and SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board.

Appendix 3, Figure 2

Early Action: Spending Delays in the 2024‑25 Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department

Description

2023‑24

2024‑25

CalSTA

Formula Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program

—

$1,000

CalSTA

Ports and Freight Infrastructure Program

—

100

CDCR

Statewide correctional video surveillance

$27

—

CEC

Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan

100

—

CEC

Distributed Electricity Backup Assets (Energy)

50

—

CHHSA

Health and Human Services Innovation Accelerator

42

32

CSU

Base augmentation (5%)a

—

240

CWDB

Goods Movement Training Campus

—

40

DDS

Preschool Inclusion Grants

—

10

DHCS

Behavioral Health Bridge Housing

—

235

DHCS

Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program

—

140

DIR

Apprenticeship Innovation Fund delay

—

40

DTSC

Brownfield cleanupsb

175

—

DWR

Oroville Pump Storage (Energy)

—

90

DWR

Investments in Strategic Reliability Assets (Energy)

—

55

EDD

Community Economic Resilience Fund (aka Jobs First) funding delay

—

92

OPSC

Grants for early education facilities

—

550

PUC

Last‑Mile Broadband Projects

—

100

UC

Base augmentation (5%)a

—

228

UC

Nonresident enrollment reduction plana

—

31

Various

Diablo Canyon Land Conservation and Economic Development

—

110

Total

$394

$3,093

aThe final budget package rescinded these deferrals (but authorized deferrals for 2025‑26).

bThe final budget package shifted $43 million to special funds and eliminated the remaining $132 million.

CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; CEC = California Energy Commission; CHHSA = Health, Human Services Agency, Secy; CSU = California State University; CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; DHCS = State Department of Health Care Services; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; DTSC = Department of Toxic Substances Control; DWR = Department of Water Resources; EDD = Employment Development Department; OPSC = Office of Public School Construction; PUC = Public Utilities Commission; and UC = University of California.

Appendix 3, Figure 3

Early Action: Spending Fund Shifts in the 2024‑25 Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department

Description

2022‑23

2023‑24

2024‑25

EDD

Cybersecurity

—

—

$3

EDD

Employment Training Fund used for UI Interest Payment

—

—

100

DPH

Skilled Nursing Facilities Staff Audits

—

—

4

DPH

Community‑Based Clinical Education Rotations for Dental Students

—

—

10

DHCS

Medi‑Cal Provider Payment Reserve Fund

—

$625

2,081

DHCS

Managed Care Organization Tax increase

—

395

698

DHCS

Medi‑Cal Drug Rebate Special Fund Reservea

—

135

28

CDCR

Transfer from the Recidivism Reduction Fund to the General Fund

—

7

—

DIR

Enhanced Protections for Vulnerable Populations (Extreme Heat)

—

16

—

Various

Fund Shifts to GGRF

$557

1,242

—

Totals

$557

$2,420

$2,923

aThe final budget package rescinded this fund shift.

EDD = Employment Development Department; DPH = Department of Public Health; DHCS = State Department of Health Care Services; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; DIR = Department of Industrial Relations; and GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

Appendix 3, Figure 4

Early Action: Spending Reductions in the 2024‑25 Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department

Description

2023‑24

2024‑25

Aging

Healthier at Home Pilot

$12

—

BSCC

Community Corrections Partnership Plan

—

$8

Cal Fire

Forest Legacy (Wildfire)

4

—

Cal Fire

Interagency Forest Data Hub (Wildfire)

3

—

CalRecycle

Compost Permitting Pilot Program (Circular Economy)

7

—

CalSTA

Port of Oakland

96

—

CARB

Drayage Trucks & Infrastructure Pilot (ZEV)

14

—

CDCR

Baseline administrative reduction

—

15

CDCR

2024‑25 SB 990 County of Release Legislative BCP ‑ Reversal

2

2

CDCR

DJJ Warm Shutdown Reduction

—

1

CDFA

On‑farm water use technical assistance (Water and Drought Resilience)

6

—

CEC

Climate Innovation Program

100

—

CEC

Drayage Trucks & Infrastructure Pilot (ZEV)

9

—

CEC

ZEV Manufacturing Grants (ZEV)

7

—

CEC

Emerging Opportunities (ZEV)

7

—

CEC

Food Production Investment Program (Energy)

19

—

CEC

Industrial Decarbonization Program (Energy)

22

—

CEC

Hydrogen Grants (Energy)

35

—

CEC

California Electric Homes Program

6

—

CPUC

Capacity Building Grant Program (Energy)

20

—

CSL

California Collaborative Connectivity Grant

34

—

DHCS

Two‑Week Fee‑for‑Service Checkwrite Hold

—

533

DOC

Biomass to Hydrogen/Biofuels Pilot (Wildfire)

46

—

DPH

COVID‑19 Website Transition and Information Technology Resources

1

1

DPH

Climate and Health Surveillance Program

3

—

DPR

Pesticide Notification Network

3

—

DWR

Forecasting and snow surveys (Water and Drought Resilience)

—

7

DWR/WCB

Watershed climate resilience (Water and Drought Resilience)

88

118

EDD

EMT Training grants funding

—

10

FI$CAL

California State Payroll System Interface

6

—

HCD

Foreclosure Intervention and Housing Preservation Program

—

85

OES

Building Resilience

45

—

OES

Home Hardening (Wildfire Package)

12

—

OPR

Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications

5

8

OPR

Regional Climate Collaboratives (Community Resilience)

10

—

OPR

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Planning Grants (Community Resilience)

5

—

OPR

California Volunteers: Foster Grandparent Program

9

—

OPSC

School Facility Program

—

500

POST

Local Assistance Funding Reversion

3

3

PUC

Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Program

—

150

UC

Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

—

300

Various

Vacant Position Savings

—

763

WCB

Resource Conservation Investment Strategies (Nature‑Based Solutions)

5

—

Totals

$643

$2,503

Aging = Department of Aging; BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; Cal Fire = Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = Resources Recycling and Recovery; CalSTA = Transportation Agency; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = Zero‑Emission Vehicles; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; BCP = Budget Change Proposal; DJJ = Division of Juvenile Justice; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CEC = California Energy Commission; CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission; CSL = California State Library; DHCS = State Department of Health Care Services; DOC = Department of Conservation; DPH = Department of Public Health; DPR = Department of Pesticide Regulation; DWR = Department of Water Resources; WCB = Wildlife Conservation Board; EDD = Employment Development Department; EMT = emergency medical technicians; FI$CAL = Financial Information System for California; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; OES = Office of Emergency Services; OPR = Office of Planning and Research; OPSC = Office of Public School Construction; POST = Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training; PUC = Public Utilities Commission; and UC = University of California.

Appendix 3, Figure 5

Early Action: Spending Reversions in the 2024‑25 Budget

General Fund (In Millions)

Department

Description

2022‑23

2023‑24

2024‑25

DSS

CalWORKs single allocation partial reversiona

$337

—

—

Gov Ops

Census Carryover Reversion

2

—

—

JB

Trial Court Trust Fund unrestricted fund balance reversion

—

—

$75

JB

Trial Court Emergency Fund one‑time reversion

—

—

5

Totals

$339

—

$80

aThe final budget package included an augmentation of $136.6 million (in 2023‑24) to address erosion to this Early Action reversion.

DSS = Department of Social Services; CalWORKs = California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids; Gov Ops = Government Operations Agency; and JB = Judicial Branch.