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Public Protection

Service area · 11 departments · $2.1B adopted (FY2025)

In fiscal year 2025, the 11 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $2.1B, 12.9% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.

Adopted (FY2025)
$2.1B
Share of city spending
12.9%
Departments
11
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2025
+ 3 smaller departments
Superior Court1.6% of the area$33.0MPolice Accountability0.5% of the area$9.4MSheriff's Office of Inspector General0.1% of the area$1.3M
What kind of money — FY2025
+ 4 smaller categories
Debt Service$4.5MTransfers Out$1.4MCarry-Forward Budgets Only$494,805Facilities Maintenance$417,126
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$69.1M
Overhead and Allocations−$46,659
Source

Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2025, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗

See also

The other service areas of the FY2025 budget.

Public Works, Transportation & Commerce8 departments, FY2025$5.9BCommunity Health1 department, FY2025$3.2BHuman Welfare & Neighborhood Development9 departments, FY2025$2.7BGeneral Administration & Finance15 departments, FY2025$793.0MGeneral City Responsibilities1 department, FY2025$679.6MThe San Francisco budget, FY2025Every department, service area and spending type