Public Protection
Service area · 10 departments · $1.7B adopted (FY2020)
In fiscal year 2020, the 10 departments grouped under Public Protection account for $1.7B, 13.5% of San Francisco's spending. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted (FY2020)
$1.7B
Share of city spending
13.5%
Departments
10
Side
Spending
Departments in this service area — FY2020
Police40.5% of the area$674.1MFire Department25.1% of the area$417.7MSheriff14.0% of the area$232.5MEmergency Management5.6% of the area$93.8MDistrict Attorney4.4% of the area$72.8MJuvenile Probation2.6% of the area$42.7MAdult Probation2.5% of the area$41.9MPublic Defender2.5% of the area$41.2M
+ 2 smaller departments
What kind of money — FY2020
Negative lines
Transfer Adjustment - Uses−$59.9M
Overhead and Allocations−$3,712
Source
Adopted budget lines for the “Public Protection” service area, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗