Public Protection
Service area · 9 departments · $1.3B adopted (FY2014)
In fiscal year 2014, the 9 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.3B, 16.1% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2014)
$1.3B
Share of city spending
16.1%
Departments
9
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2014
Police38.2% of the area$512.0MFire Department24.6% of the area$329.3MSheriff12.4% of the area$166.4MSuperior Court9.4% of the area$125.8MDepartment of Emergency Management5.1% of the area$67.9MDistrict Attorney3.4% of the area$45.5MJuvenile Probation2.7% of the area$36.7MPublic Defender2.1% of the area$28.7M
+ 1 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2014
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustments-Uses−$37.8M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2014, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗