Capital Outlay
Spending type · $457.0M adopted (FY2021)
In fiscal year 2021, capital outlay makes up $457.0M of San Francisco's adopted spending, 3.4% of the total, spread over 24 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2021)
$457.0M
Share of city spending
3.4%
Departments
24
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 — FY2021
Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$196.0MAirport (SFO)$79.0MRecreation & Parks$52.3MPublic Works$48.9MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$25.7MPort$15.4MPublic Health$13.9MCity Administrator$8.0M
+ 16 smaller departments
Public Library$7.6MFire Department$2.9MTechnology$1.7MMayor$1.2MPolice$774,215Sheriff$756,912Building Inspection$624,000Academy of Sciences$603,398Juvenile Probation$536,846Fine Arts Museums$422,456Asian Art Museum$299,939War Memorial & Performing Arts$252,631Retirement System$73,368Arts Commission$50,000Elections$31,465City Planning$10,405
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Capital Outlay”, fiscal year 2021, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗