October 16, 2025

The 2025-26 Budget

Overview of the Spending Plan

Appendix 1: General Fund Discretionary Spending in the
2025‑26 Spending Plan

Appendix 1, Figure 1

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Criminal Justice

Excludes Proposition 98 (In Millions)

Department or Program

Description

2023‑24

2024‑25

2025‑26

BSCC

Grant to Impact Justice

—

—

$8

CDCR

RIGHT Grant 3.0

—

—

20

CDCR

Air cooling pilot program

—

—

18

CDCR

Returning Home Well continuation

—

—

13

CDCR

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center: rehabilitation program enhancements

—

—

8

CDCR

Los Angeles County fire camps reactivation

—

—

5

CDCR

Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Working Group

—

—

3

CDCR

Healthcare staffing at women’s prisons

—

—

3

CDCR

Reception center process streamlining

—

—

2

CDCR

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center: East Block renovation

—

—

2

DOJ

Federal accountability workload

—

—

12

DOJ

Tribal Police Pilot Program

—

—

5

DOJ

DNA Identification Fund backfilla

—

—

—

DOJ

Background checks for Girl Scout volunteers

$3.5

—

—

JB

Trial court operations Proposition 36 workload

—

—

20

JB

Fresno County Courthouse—performance criteria

—

—

18

JB

Pretrial release program funding

—

—

15

JB

New San Luis Obispo Courthouse—performance criteria

—

—

8

JB

Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal Court‑Appointed Counsel Programs

—

—

6

JB

Butte County: Juvenile Hall addition and renovation

—

—

5

JB

Solano County: New Solano Hall of Justice—performance criteria

—

—

5

JB

New Santa Clarita Courthouse reappropriation

34

—

—

SPD

Indigent defense holistic grants

—

—

15

Totals

$38

—

$191

aDoes not provide any funds in the budget window, but includes $35 million ongoing.

BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; DOJ = Department of Justice; JB = Judicial Branch; and SPD = State Public Defender.

Appendix 1, Figure 2

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Health, Human Services, and Housing

Excludes Proposition 98 (In Millions)

Department or Program

Description

2024‑25

2025‑26

CalFood

Food banks

—

$52

CalFood

Diaper distribution program

—

7

CalFresh

Fruit and vegetable pilot

—

36

CalFresh

ABAWD waiver expiration

—

7

CFAP

CFAP expansion automation reappropriation

‑$38

12

CHFA

California Dream for All program

—

300

Child Care

Reimbursement based on certified need

—

89

Child Care

Monthly cost of care plus increase

—

59

Child Care

Staff for reimbursement based on enrollment

—

1

Child Welfare

FFAs one‑time funding

—

23

Child Welfare

Mandated reporting standardized curriculum

—

1

Civil Rights

California Vs Hate Resource Line

—

2

Civil Rights

Investigation, Enforcement, and Conciliation program

—

1

DDS

LOIS IT project planning

—

5

DDS

Health and safety investigations and due process

—

1

DDS

Reimbursement and cost recovery

—

1

DDS

Porterville fire sprinkler system

—

1

DDS

Clinical monitoring for specialized community homes

—

1

DHCS

Proposition 36 implementation

—

50

DHCS

CYBHI digital support tools

—

2

DHCS

Program workload

—

2

DHCS

HR+ modernization project

—

2

Disaster Services and Response

State Supplemental Grant Program for Los Angeles fires

20

80

DPH

LBTQ women’s health equity reappropriation

—

16

DPH

Reproductive health reappropriation

—

13

DPH

LGBTQ+ foster youth reappropriaiton

—

4

DPH

ALS wraparound services

—

4

DPH

Wastewater surveillance

—

3

DPH

Parkinson and neurodegenerative disease registries

—

3

DPH

Advisory council reappropriation

—

3

DSS

Food assistance and legal aid services to YMCA of Los Angeles

—

8

DSS Housing and Homelessness

Home Safe

—

84

DSS Housing and Homelessness

Bringing Families Home augmentation

—

81

DSS Housing and Homelessness

Housing and Disability Advocacy Program

—

45

DSS Other

Holocaust survivors assistance program

—

15

HCAI

Diaper access initiative

—

7

HCAI

Emergent Reproductive Health Needs reappropriation

—

6

HCAI

Northeast Valley Health Corporation infrastructure improvements

—

3

HCAI

Youth Mental Health Academy support

—

2

HCAI

American Reproductive Centers infrastructure improvements

—

1

HCD

Multifamily Housing Program

—

120

HCD

Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program, Round 7

—

8

HCD

San Benito High School district workforce housing

—

3

IHSS

In‑Home Supportive Services collective bargaining

—

3

Immigration Assistance

Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project

—

10

Immigration Assistance

One California

—

10

Totals

‑$18

$1,184

ABAWD = Able‑Bodied Adults Without Dependents; CFAP = California Food Assistance Program; CHFA = California Housing Finance Agency; FFA = foster family agency; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; LOIS IT = Life Outcomes Improvement System information technology project; DHCS = Department of Health Care Services; CYBHI = Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative; HR+ = Human Resources Plus; DPH = Department of Public Health; ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; DSS = Department of Social Services; HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information; HCD = Department of Housing and Community Development; and IHSS = In‑Home Supportive Services.

Appendix 1, Figure 3

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Excludes Proposition 98 (In Millions)

Department or Program

Description

2024‑25

2025‑26

CLSF

McAllister Tower project, phase 2 (debt service)

—

$10

CSAC

Middle Class Scholarships

$79

391

CSAC

Golden State Teacher Grants

—

50

CSAC

California College of the Arts

—

20

CSAC

California Indian Nations College

—

10

CSAC

Operating expenses and equipment

—

2

CSU

Base reduction (reject)

—

397

CSU

Capital Fellows salary increase

—

1

CSU

Northridge Student Success and Inclusion Center

—

1

CSU

Genealogy determinations

6

—

GO‑SERVE

College Corps expansion

—

5

GO‑SERVE

California Student Success Coach program

—

5

SIB

Additional CalKIDS accounts for foster youth

—

6

SIB

CalKIDS administration (three positions)

—

1

UC

Base reduction (reject)

—

377

UC

Climate initiatives

—

42

UC

UC Berkeley, Journalism Fellowship Program

—

15

UC

UC San Diego, public health program

—

5

UC

Cal‑Bridge program

—

5

UC

UC Davis, Transportation Research Center

—

5

UC

Campus climate and antidiscrimination efforts

—

4

UC

UC Menopause Center

—

3

UC

UC Santa Barbara, student housing project

—

3

UC

UC Davis, student housing project

—

3

UC

UC San Diego, ALERTCalifornia program

—

3

UC

UC San Francisco, dentistry pilot program

—

2

UC

First Start Foster Youth Program

—

2

UC

Program in Medical Education, Central Coast

—

2

UC

Nutrition Policy Institute

—

1

UC

UC Davis, Firearm Violence Research Center

—

1

UC

UC Los Angeles, social media research

—

1

Totals

$85

$1,370

CLSF = College of the Law, San Francisco; CSAC = California Student Aid Commission; GO‑SERVE = Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement; SIB = Scholarshare Investment Board; and CalKIDS = California Kids Investment and Development Savings.

Appendix 1, Figure 4

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Other

Excludes Proposition 98 (In Millions)

Department or Program

Description

2024‑25

2025‑26

(Continued)

Arts

Historic South Los Angeles Black Cultural District

—

$3

CDE

Rural after school programs

—

5

CDE

Legal costs

—

2

CDE

Principal apportionment system replacement

—

1

CDE

Staff to administer State Preschool

—

1

CDFA

Farm to School programs

—

25

CDFA

Animal/human health emergency infrastructure

—

6

CDFA

Security and infrastructure remediation

—

2

CDFA

Needles Border Station acquisition, preliminary plans reappropriation

—

1

CDFA

Meadowview Biological Control Office preliminary plans

—

1

CDI

Home Hardening Oversight and Wildfire Risk Mitigation

—

12

CDT

California Compliance and Security Incident Reporting System replacement

—

2

CDT

Digital Identification Statewide Service Offering

—

1

CSL

Local library infrastructure grants

—

9

CSL

San Francisco Hillel Center

—

2

CSL

Braille Institute, Los Angeles

—

1

DGS

Grants recruiting STEM professionals to teach

—

3

DOF

Contracted services to achieve operational improvements

—

20

DVA

Southern California Veterans Cemetery Master Development Fund

—

5

Go‑Biz

Accelerates infrastructure support to the City of Fresno by 1 year

—

100

Go‑Biz

Capital expenditures for America Design and Collaboration Facility

—

25

Go‑Biz

Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Program (CalRISE)

—

17

Go‑Biz

Reappropriation: Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund

—

11

Go‑Biz

Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development initiative

—

7

Go‑Biz

Initiating Change in Our Neighborhood Community Development Corporation

—

2

GO‑SERVE

Belonging Campaign

—

5

GovOps

Education and Workforce Development Coordinating Council

—

2

GovOps

Career Passports (one position and one‑time costs)

—

1

GovOps

HOPE

—

1

BSCH

Reorganization of BCSH Agency

—

4

Judicial

Partial restoration of ongoing 2024‑25 reduction to trial court operations

—

41

Judicial

Funding to address increased trial court operation costs

—

40

Local Government Financing

Backfill pertaining to insufficient ERAF in three counties

—

79

LWDB

Regional Coordination study

—

1

OES

VOCA backfill

—

100

OES

Family Justice Centers

—

10

OES

World Cup security

—

10

OES

LEMA reappropriation

—

10

OES

Fresno Mid Valley Regional Fire Training Center upgrades

—

5

OES

California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

—

2

OES

Covelo Fire Hydrant System in the County of Mendacino

—

—

PERB

Public Workers Labor Protections

—

2

K‑14 Education

Proposition 98 rebench for fire‑related property tax losses

$58

114

SFP

Facility improvements for West Side Union Elementary

—

1

State Preschool

Monthly cost of care plus increase

—

10

STO

CalAccount Blue Ribbon Commission

—

1

STO

Rent increase—Jesse Unruh relocation

—

1

Various Departments

Unallocated legislative augmentations

—

162

Various Departments

Legislative augmentations in Control Section 19.56

—

71

WDB

Helping Justice‑Involved Reenter Employment (HIRE)

—

10

Totals

$58

$947

Arts = California Arts Council; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDI = California Department of Insurance; CDT = California Department of Technology; CSL = California State Library; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; DGS = Department of General Services; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; DOF = Department of Finance; DVA = Department of Veterans Affairs; Go‑Biz = Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development; GO‑SERVE = Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement; GovOps = Government Operations Agency; HOPE = California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment for Children Trust Account Program; BCSH = Business, Consumer Services, and Housing; Judicial = Judicial Branch; ERAF = Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds; LWDB = Labor and Workforce Development, Secretary; OES = Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; VOCA = Victims of Crimes Act; LEMA = Law Enforcement Mutual Aid; PERB = Public Employment Relations Board; SFP = School Facility Program; STO = State Treasurer’s Office; and WDB = Workforce Development Board.

Appendix 1, Figure 5

General Fund Discretionary Spending in the 2025‑26 Spending Plan: Resources, Environment, and Transportation

Excludes Proposition 98 (In Millions)

Department or Program

Description

2025‑26

CARB

South Coast AQMD Mobile Air Monitoring

$1

CalRecyle

California bioeconomy innovation campus

8

CalFire

Transition of seasonal firefighters to permanent

39

CalFire

Exclusive use aircraft contract increase

38

CalFire

Wildfire County Coordinator Program

10

CalFire

Alma Helitack Base preliminary plans

4

CalFire

Hollister Air & Bear Valley helitack bases preliminary plans

4

CalFire

Boggs Mountain Helitack Base working drawings

3

CalFire

Home hardening certification program

3

CalFire

Shasta Trinity Unit HQ / Northern Operations working drawings

2

CalFire

Kneeland Helitack Base acquisition, preliminary plans

2

CalFire

Penon Blanco & Deadwood Peak Lookout preliminary plans

1

Caltrans

Clean California program

25

Caltrans

Sonoma‑Marin Area Rail Transit District

4

CHP

Debt service shift from MVA

7

CHP

Child sex abuse investigations

5

CNRA

Clear Lake restoration

14

CNRA

Museum of Tolerance

10

CNRA

Jewish Community Center of the East Bay

5

CNRA

Los Angeles Holocaust Memorial

5

CNRA

Child and Family Center facility

3

CNRA

Rancho Bernardo Community Park

3

CNRA

City of San Diego vegetation management

2

CNRA

Escondido YMCA

2

CNRA

City of Santa Clarita oil well capping

1

CNRA

San Francisco Portsmount Square

1

DFW

Wolf livestock funding

2

GO‑SERVE

Climate Corps shift from GGRF

9

Parks

Library Parks Pass Program

7

SMMC

San Vicente Park

5

SWRCB

Various local water projects

6

Total

$228

CARB = California Air Resources Board; AQMD = Air quality management district; CalRecyle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CHP = California Highway Patrol; MVA = Motor vehicle Account; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = California Department of Fish and Wildlife; GO‑SERVE = Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement; GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; SMMC = Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; and SWRCB = State Water Resources Control Board.