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Public Protection

Public Defender

$56.6M
adopted for FY2025
0.4% of city spending · 23rd of 53 departments
+7.8% on FY2024 · +141.6% since FY2010

Spending by type, FY2025

Salaries$39.4MMandatory fringe benefits$12.8MServices from other City departments$2.5MNon-personnel services$1.3MProgrammatic projects$333,212City grant program$301,904
1 smaller spending typeMaterials and supplies$131,809
Transfer adjustments (spending side)−$92,000

Payees in FY2025

State Bar of California$492,761
Bar Association of San Francisco$276,613Thomson Reuters$114,256Central Computers Inc$80,068Xtech$75,680Wordjet Transcription$75,004
2 more payeesXerox Corporation$71,589Staples Business Advantage$65,318

Revenue by type, FY2025

The revenue total is $1.9M. The lines below add up to $2.0M because $92,000 is money moving between City funds; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Intergovernmental: state$1.6MOther revenues$250,000Expenditure recovery$92,000Intergovernmental: federal$55,275
Transfer adjustments (revenue side)−$92,000

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$55.1M adopted$55.0M−0.3%
FY2024$50.4M adopted$50.3M−0.3%
FY2023$48.0M adopted$47.9M−0.2%
4 earlier years
FY2022$45.2M adopted$44.3M−2.2%
FY2021$42.0M adopted$41.7M−0.9%
FY2020$41.1M adopted$40.9M−0.4%
FY2019$76.3M adopted$38.0M−50.2%
Next departmentRetirement System24th of 53 departments$54.7M

Source: San Francisco’s adopted budget, Public Defender, FY2025. Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗