Expenditure Recovery
Revenue type · $1.1B adopted (FY2020)
In fiscal year 2020, expenditure recovery makes up $1.1B of San Francisco's adopted revenue, 9.1% of the total, spread over 42 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2020)
$1.1B
Share of city revenue
9.1%
Departments
42
Side
Revenue
What this is: One department recovering its costs from another — internal billing income, the mirror of 'Services of Other Depts' on the spending side.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2020
City Administrator$255.2MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$149.0MPublic Works$147.1MTechnology$124.0MHuman Resources$89.1MCity Attorney$62.2MController$60.7MPublic Health$49.5M
+ 34 smaller departments
Human Services Agency$41.3MSheriff$28.4MChildren & Families Commission$18.3MPolice$18.3MMayor$12.6MHealth Service System$11.5MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$8.4MFire Department$6.4MEconomic & Workforce Development$4.7MTreasurer & Tax Collector$4.7MRecreation & Parks$3.7MChildren, Youth & Their Families$3.5MAssessor-Recorder$3.4MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$2.9MEmergency Management$2.6MEnvironment$2.4MCity Planning$1.8MArts Commission$1.1MDistrict Attorney$795,888Civil Service Commission$360,839War Memorial & Performing Arts$242,763Police Accountability$208,000Juvenile Probation$180,000Fine Arts Museums$179,000Building Inspection$174,905Board of Supervisors$161,996Child Support Services$158,372Elections$140,000Retirement System$110,000Public Defender$100,000Human Rights Commission$90,000Airport (SFO)$80,000Public Library$70,992Port$10,000
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Expenditure Recovery”, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗