Capital Outlay
Spending type · $570.1M adopted (FY2019)
In fiscal year 2019, capital outlay makes up $570.1M of San Francisco's adopted spending, 5.2% of the total, spread over 29 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2019)
$570.1M
Share of city spending
5.2%
Departments
29
Side
Spending
What this is: Purchases of physical assets: equipment, vehicles, building improvements, infrastructure.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2019
Public Works$156.1MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$100.8MRecreation & Parks$57.5MPort$50.3MAirport (SFO)$44.5MPublic Health$38.0MPublic Library$30.6MCity Administrator$29.9M
+ 21 smaller departments
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$20.4MFire Department$10.8MSheriff$7.6MPolice$4.4MGeneral City (unallocated)$3.3MTechnology$3.2MEmergency Management$3.0MFine Arts Museums$2.4MArts Commission$1.3MAsian Art Museum$1.3MAcademy of Sciences$1.1MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$950,000Juvenile Probation$837,445Human Services Agency$762,500Building Inspection$701,811Retirement System$90,491City Planning$73,196Assessor-Recorder$42,152City Attorney$29,121Police Accountability$26,141Elections$9,982
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Capital Outlay”, fiscal year 2019, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗