Culture & Recreation
Service area · 8 departments · $482.4M adopted (FY2020)
In fiscal year 2020, the 8 departments grouped under Culture & Recreation account for $482.4M, 3.9% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2020)
$482.4M
Share of city spending
3.9%
Departments
8
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2020
Recreation & Parks44.7% of the area$215.9MPublic Library35.6% of the area$171.5MArts Commission5.7% of the area$27.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts5.7% of the area$27.3MFine Arts Museums4.0% of the area$19.4MAsian Art Museum2.5% of the area$12.0MAcademy of Sciences1.4% of the area$6.6MLaw Library0.4% of the area$2.1M
What kind of money — FY2020
Salaries$170.9MMandatory Fringe Benefits$84.7MCapital Outlay$74.0MServices Of Other Depts$52.4MNon-Personnel Services$42.8MIntrafund Transfers Out$41.4MMaterials & Supplies$28.1MProgrammatic Projects$12.5M
+ 4 smaller categories
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$59.1M
Overhead and Allocations−$868,956
Unappropriated Rev-Designated−$372,048
Unappropriated Rev Retained−$62,126
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Culture & Recreation” service area, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗