Culture & Recreation
Service area · 8 departments · $460.5M adopted (FY2021)
In fiscal year 2021, the 8 departments grouped under Culture & Recreation account for $460.5M, 3.4% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2021)
$460.5M
Share of city spending
3.4%
Departments
8
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2021
Recreation & Parks49.5% of the area$228.1MPublic Library32.9% of the area$151.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts5.3% of the area$24.5MArts Commission4.4% of the area$20.3MFine Arts Museums4.0% of the area$18.3MAsian Art Museum2.2% of the area$10.2MAcademy of Sciences1.2% of the area$5.6MLaw Library0.4% of the area$1.9M
What kind of money — FY2021
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$38.5M
Overhead and Allocations−$3.8M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Culture & Recreation” service area, fiscal year 2021, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗