Culture & Recreation
Service area · 8 departments · $692.6M adopted (FY2019)
In fiscal year 2019, the 8 departments grouped under Culture & Recreation account for $692.6M, 6.3% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2019)
$692.6M
Share of city spending
6.3%
Departments
8
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2019
Recreation & Parks43.8% of the area$303.4MPublic Library35.3% of the area$244.2MFine Arts Museums5.9% of the area$40.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts5.2% of the area$36.1MArts Commission4.0% of the area$27.7MAsian Art Museum3.4% of the area$23.3MAcademy of Sciences1.9% of the area$12.9MLaw Library0.6% of the area$4.3M
What kind of money — FY2019
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$79.3M
Overhead and Allocations−$1.6M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Culture & Recreation” service area, fiscal year 2019, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗