Culture & Recreation
Service area · 8 departments · $538.9M adopted (FY2023)
In fiscal year 2023, the 8 departments grouped under Culture & Recreation account for $538.9M, 3.8% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2023)
$538.9M
Share of city spending
3.8%
Departments
8
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2023
Recreation & Parks44.0% of the area$237.3MPublic Library34.4% of the area$185.6MArts Commission7.0% of the area$38.0MWar Memorial & Performing Arts6.7% of the area$36.3MFine Arts Museums3.9% of the area$21.0MAsian Art Museum2.1% of the area$11.2MAcademy of Sciences1.4% of the area$7.4MLaw Library0.4% of the area$2.1M
What kind of money — FY2023
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$61.2M
Overhead and Allocations−$1.1M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Culture & Recreation” service area, fiscal year 2023, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗