JERRY BROWN’S LAST BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS

THE BIG NEWS California’s projected surplus has grown significantly since January and is now at $8.9 billion — about the size of the first state budget Gov. Jerry Brown approved back in 1975. The state’s general fund is now $137.6 billion.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE EXTRA MONEY?

Brown wants to sock away two-thirds of the total. He wants to spend the largest remaining portion, $2 billion, on delayed maintenance projects at universities, courts, state facilities and flood control systems.

WHAT ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS? Brown’s budget would spend $359 million of the surplus to help local governments address the homelessness crisis, a figure far short of the $1.5 billion that big-city mayors have requested.

WILDFIRE PREVENTION The May budget boosts funding for programs aimed at reducing fire danger across the state, adding $96 million from what the governor proposed in January for these purposes. The additional money will allow the state to reduce fire risk on twice as many acres each year — 500,000 — as it does now.

EDUCATION

K-12 schools and community colleges will receive record levels of funding: $78.4 billion, up from $47.3 billion in 2011-12.

UC and CSU won’t find the increases they were hoping for in this budget plan — just the 3 percent hike promised in January — though they will each get $100 million for overdue maintenance projects. And, like other groups, they will continue pushing for more between now and June 15, the Legislature’s deadline for passing the budget.

HEALTH CARE EXPANSION? Not yet. Brown’s plan included no major changes to the state’s health care programs, a disappointment to those backing an Assembly proposal to expand coverage and make other improvements using $1 billion from the surplus.