Public Protection
Service area · 10 departments · $2.7B adopted (FY2019)
In fiscal year 2019, the 10 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $2.7B, 24.8% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2019)
$2.7B
Share of city spending
24.8%
Departments
10
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2019
Police40.0% of the area$1.1BFire Department23.6% of the area$646.5MSheriff15.2% of the area$417.2MEmergency Management5.8% of the area$160.2MDistrict Attorney4.7% of the area$127.7MPublic Defender2.8% of the area$76.6MJuvenile Probation2.7% of the area$73.5MSuperior Court2.4% of the area$65.9M
+ 2 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2019
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$53.7M
Carry-Forward Budgets Only−$85,247
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2019, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗