Public Protection
Service area · 9 departments · $1.1B adopted (FY2010)
In fiscal year 2010, the 9 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.1B, 16.8% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2010)
$1.1B
Share of city spending
16.8%
Departments
9
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2010
Police38.2% of the area$427.6MFire Department24.3% of the area$272.8MSheriff13.2% of the area$147.4MSuperior Court10.5% of the area$117.2MDepartment of Emergency Management4.2% of the area$46.5MDistrict Attorney3.4% of the area$37.8MJuvenile Probation3.2% of the area$35.4MPublic Defender2.1% of the area$23.4M
+ 1 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2010
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustments-Uses−$49.6M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2010, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗