To accompany Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Revise to the budget, California state agencies submitted 50 legislative funding requests for IT-related projects, totaling $967.2 million.
That includes the single largest Budget Change Proposal (BCP) submitted so far in the 2026 budget cycle: a $357.3 million request from the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration and two other agencies for the Child Welfare Services — California Automated Response and Engagement System (CWS-CARES).
The May BCP list included two more projects with total funding requests greater than $100 million:
- From the Office of Emergency Services, a $141.9 million request to support the ongoing implementation of the Next-Generation 911 system
- From the California Department of Public Health, a $113.3 million request to support work on six different systems
Gov. Newsom’s revised budget set up the state for no deficits into 2028, however, the Legislative Analyst’s Office warned of major risks to that budget plan should the broader economic picture change.
Methodology notes:
- The list contains all BCPs submitted since the beginning of the budget cycle, current as of May 21.
- Some BCPs marked as containing IT components were left off the list for not being sufficiently IT-related.
- Similarly, some BCPs that were marked as not containing IT components were included in the list if they did involve significant technology work. This was a judgment call on the part of Industry Insider — California staff.
- All BCPs from the Department of Technology were included by default.
- Where a BCP requested funding for multiple years or from multiple funds, the dollar amounts have been combined into a single grand total.
- No capital outlay requests were included on this list.
