Expenditure Recovery
Revenue type · $1.3B adopted (FY2023)
In fiscal year 2023, expenditure recovery makes up $1.3B of San Francisco's adopted revenue, 9.6% of the total, spread over 45 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2023)
$1.3B
Share of city revenue
9.6%
Departments
45
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 — FY2023
City Administrator$310.0MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$180.3MTechnology$138.6MHuman Resources$123.9MPublic Works$119.0MCity Attorney$69.4MController$68.0MPublic Health$55.4M
+ 37 smaller departments
Sanitation & Streets$46.7MEarly Childhood$43.4MSheriff$34.4MMayor$32.4MHuman Services Agency$20.9MFire Department$13.4MHealth Service System$13.1MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$11.7MChildren, Youth & Their Families$10.5MTreasurer & Tax Collector$10.3MPolice$5.9MEconomic & Workforce Development$5.2MRecreation & Parks$4.0MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$3.9MAdult Probation$3.2MCity Planning$3.1MArts Commission$2.9MEnvironment$2.6MAssessor-Recorder$2.3MGeneral City (unallocated)$1.7MEmergency Management$1.1MDistrict Attorney$490,853Civil Service Commission$430,839War Memorial & Performing Arts$273,987Building Inspection$203,271Juvenile Probation$180,000Fine Arts Museums$179,000Board of Supervisors$161,996Child Support Services$148,112Police Accountability$128,000Retirement System$110,000Human Rights Commission$99,600Public Defender$92,000Airport (SFO)$88,000Public Library$77,532Elections$70,000Sheriff's Office of Inspector General$40,000
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Expenditure Recovery”, fiscal year 2023, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗