Public Protection
Service area · 9 departments · $1.5B adopted (FY2017)
In fiscal year 2017, the 9 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.5B, 14.9% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2017)
$1.5B
Share of city spending
14.9%
Departments
9
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2017
Police37.3% of the area$569.5MFire Department24.4% of the area$372.4MSheriff13.1% of the area$200.5MSuperior Court8.2% of the area$124.9MDepartment of Emergency Management6.0% of the area$92.1MDistrict Attorney3.7% of the area$57.1MJuvenile Probation2.7% of the area$41.8MAdult Probation2.2% of the area$34.0M
+ 1 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2017
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustments-Uses−$37.0M
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2017, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗