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Service area

Public Protection

$2.1B
adopted for FY2025
12.9% of city spending · 4th of 7 service areas · 11 departments
+5.2% on FY2024 · +83.1% since FY2010

Its departments, FY2025

Police Department39.7% of the area$815.3MFire Department25.0% of the area$513.9MSheriff's Office14.1% of the area$290.0MDepartment of Emergency Management6.8% of the area$139.4MDistrict Attorney4.5% of the area$93.1MPublic Defender2.8% of the area$56.6M
5 smaller departmentsAdult Probation Department2.6% of the area$54.0MJuvenile Probation Department2.3% of the area$46.4MSuperior Court1.6% of the area$33.0MDepartment of Police Accountability0.5% of the area$9.4MSheriff's Department Office of Inspector General0.1% of the area$1.3M

Spending by type, FY2025

The spending total is $2,052.4M. The lines below add up to $2,121.6M because $69.2M is money moving between City funds or billed to other departments; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

Salaries$1.3BMandatory fringe benefits$389.3MServices from other City departments$176.9MNon-personnel services$122.9MProgrammatic projects$39.5MCity grant program$31.8M
6 smaller typesMaterials and supplies$29.0MCapital outlay$18.9MDebt service$4.5MTransfers out to other funds$1.4MCarry – forward budgets only$494,805Facilities maintenance$417,126
The 2 lines that offset spendingTransfer adjustments (spending side)−$69.1MOverhead and allocations−$46,659
Next service areaGeneral Administration & Finance5th of 7 service areas$793.0M

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