Expenditure Recovery
Revenue type · $1.1B adopted (FY2021)
In fiscal year 2021, expenditure recovery makes up $1.1B of San Francisco's adopted revenue, 8.2% of the total, spread over 42 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2021)
$1.1B
Share of city revenue
8.2%
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 — FY2021
City Administrator$262.2MPublic Works$154.6MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$138.0MTechnology$121.3MHuman Resources$88.4MCity Attorney$63.0MController$61.8MPublic Health$48.9M
+ 34 smaller departments
Human Services Agency$39.9MSheriff$28.0MChildren & Families Commission$17.7MPolice$16.1MMayor$14.9MHealth Service System$11.5MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$8.2MFire Department$6.9MTreasurer & Tax Collector$6.9MEconomic & Workforce Development$5.3MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$3.6MArts Commission$3.5MRecreation & Parks$3.5MAssessor-Recorder$3.5MChildren, Youth & Their Families$3.5MEnvironment$3.2MEmergency Management$2.9MCity Planning$2.2MDistrict Attorney$807,160Civil Service Commission$360,839War Memorial & Performing Arts$258,559Police Accountability$208,000Juvenile Probation$180,000Fine Arts Museums$179,000Child Support Services$166,663Airport (SFO)$166,195Board of Supervisors$161,996Retirement System$110,000Human Rights Commission$99,600Building Inspection$92,949Public Defender$92,000Public Library$73,416Elections$70,000Port$17,500
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Expenditure Recovery”, fiscal year 2021, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗