Overhead and Allocations
Spending type · −$137.6M adopted (FY2020)
In fiscal year 2020, overhead and allocations makes up −$137.6M of San Francisco's adopted spending, −1.1% of the total, spread over 25 departments. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2020)
−$137.6M
Share of city spending
−1.1%
Departments
25
Side
Spending
What this is: Overhead charged out to other departments and funds; appears negative where a department recovers its overhead costs from the departments it serves.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$6.2MMayor$2.4MBuilding Inspection$1.3MPublic Health$1.2MCity Planning$656,755Environment$601,726Homelessness & Supportive Housing$320,000Fine Arts Museums$192,534
+ 5 smaller departments
Negative lines
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)−$98.4M
Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni)−$35.9M
Public Works−$8.4M
Airport (SFO)−$6.7M
Recreation & Parks−$1.1M
District Attorney−$172,000
Arts Commission−$37,335
Technology−$9,487
Treasurer & Tax Collector−$1,240
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Overhead and Allocations”, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗