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General City Responsibilities

General City Responsibilities

$679.6M
adopted for FY2025
4.3% of city spending · 8th of 53 departments
−0.8% on FY2024 · +104.9% since FY2010

Spending by type, FY2025

The spending total is $679.6M. The lines below add up to $1.7B because $979.2M is money moving between City funds; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Transfers to other accounts in the same fund$715.1MDebt service$405.4MTransfers out to other funds$262.1MMandatory fringe benefits$89.7MNon-personnel services$72.1MServices from other City departments$46.9M
4 smaller spending typesRevenue kept in reserve, not for spending$31.2MRevenue set aside for a later purpose$14.6MCity grant program$11.6MProgrammatic projects$10.1M
Transfer adjustments (spending side)−$979.2M

Payees in FY2025

JP Morgan Chase Bank NA$1.6BThe Depository Trust Company$783.5MSF Bay Area Rapid Transit District$72.2MZB National Association$36.6MCalpers$27.7MWilmington Trust National Association$25.3M
2 more payeesCA Statewide Communities Development Aut$7.5MBay Area Air Quality Management District$7.4M

Revenue by type, FY2025

The revenue total is $5.5B, including $294.4M carried over from past years, which is not income of the year. The lines below add up to $6.3B because $808.4M is money moving between City funds; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Property taxes$2.8BBusiness taxes$1.0BOther local taxes$986.2MTransfers from other accounts in the same fund$714.6MMoney carried over from past years$294.4MInterest and investment income$140.4M
8 smaller revenue typesTransfers in from other funds$91.9MIntergovernmental: federal$80.0MOther revenues$63.6MCharges for services$27.7MFines, forfeiture, and penalties$18.2MLicenses, permits, and franchises$16.2MIntergovernmental: state$5.2MExpenditure recovery$1.9M
Transfer adjustments (revenue side)−$808.4M

Operating budget, adopted and spent

Operating funds only, so the adopted figure here is not the department total above. Spent on the right, against what was adopted.

FY2025$591.1M adopted$624.5M+5.7%
FY2024$588.2M adopted$1.0B+73.2%
FY2023$603.4M adopted$622.6M+3.2%
3 earlier years
FY2022$594.5M adopted$1.1B+84.1%
FY2021$708.7M adopted$671.1M−5.3%
FY2020$739.3M adopted$750.8M+1.6%

GEN is the citywide unallocated bucket, not an operating department: items budgeted here are often spent from line departments, so large deviations (for example +73% in FY2024) are a perimeter artifact of where money is parked, not overspending.

Next departmentFire Department9th of 53 departments$513.9M

Source: San Francisco’s adopted budget, General City Responsibilities, FY2025. Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗