Governor
Newsom Releases His 2020-21 State Budget
This
morning Governor Gavin Newsom presented his 2020-21 State Budget and left no
stone unturned with the press corps, as the Governor laid out details and took
reporters’ questions for an unprecedented three hours. The Governor stated that he was “excited
about this year and for California’s future” as he highlighted components of
his new Budget.
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Of
importance to CLA, the Budget contains good news for public libraries. The Governor continues to support two
programs that he provided support for in the 2019-20 Budget – “Lunch at the
Library” and Zip Books.
For
“Lunch at the Library: $1 million
in “one-time” General Fund dollars (meaning that it must be spent in Budget
Year 2020-21 and is not “ongoing” in nature) would be provided for libraries to
“develop summer meal programs for students in low-income communities.”
For
Online
Service Systems: the Governor is
proposing $1 million in one-time General Fund dollars in order to “support the
online purchase and delivery of books through the Zip Books
program. This no-cost service is an
alternative to traditional interlibrary loan and enables library patrons to
more efficiently request and receive books not available at their local
library.”
The
Governor is also proposing $500,000 in ongoing General Fund dollars for the
purpose of supporting the services provided by the Braille Institute of America
in Los Angeles. Finally, the Governor
also includes $170,000 in ongoing funds for a technical issue relating to
Public Utility Commission fees pertaining to the State’s public library
broadband connectivity program in conjunction with the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in
California (CENIC).
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The
legislature will now begin the process of reviewing the Governor’s Budget over
the course of the next few months.
Budget Subcommittee hearings will be held to discuss and analyze the
various proposals. In May, the Governor
will release his May Revision of the State Budget, which essentially allows him
to make funding/program adjustments after having received the April tax
receipts. The Budget Subcommittees will
wrap up their work in late May and the full Budget Committees and Budget
Conference Committee will craft the final Budget, in consultation with the
Governor’s Office. The Budget must be
passed by the constitutional deadline of June 15. We will continue to keep CLA members updated
as these issues proceed through the Budget process in 2020. READ MORE
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Senator
Holly J. Mitchell Chair
California
State Library (p 24)
Local
Assistance. The budget provides the following local assistance adjustments:
•
An increase of $1 million one-time General Fund to support the Lunch at the
Library
program;
•
An increase of $1 million one-time General Fund to support the online purchase
and
delivery of books through the Zip book program;
•
An increase of $500,000 ongoing General Fund to support the Braille Institute
of
America
in Los Angeles; and,
•
An increase of $170,000 ongoing General Fund to continue participation in the
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Senator Holly J. Mitchell Chair
Senator Jim Nielsen Vice Chair
Assembly
Member Phil Ting Chair
Assembly
Member Jay Obernolte Vice Chair
Kevin
McCarty Chair
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