Public Protection
Service area · 9 departments · $1.2B adopted (FY2013)
In fiscal year 2013, the 9 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.2B, 16.4% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2013)
$1.2B
Share of city spending
16.4%
Departments
9
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2013
Police37.9% of the area$472.0MFire Department25.9% of the area$322.0MSheriff12.1% of the area$150.6MSuperior Court10.0% of the area$125.1MDepartment of Emergency Management3.8% of the area$47.2MDistrict Attorney3.3% of the area$41.2MJuvenile Probation2.9% of the area$35.6MPublic Defender2.1% of the area$26.7M
+ 1 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2013
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustments-Uses−$53.4M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2013, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗