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What San Francisco plans to spend

Every appropriation the Board of Supervisors votes, from the Controller’s own database.

Fiscal year201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202520262027
$9.1B Adopted budget, FY2015 · all funds · +9.0%— Per resident

Revenue, spending

Select a bar for the departments and lines behind it.

Group spending by
Revenue · 19 sources
Charges for Services30.2% of revenue$2.7BProperty Taxes19.1% of revenue$1.7BExpenditure Recovery12.4% of revenue$1.1BOther Local Taxes10.1% of revenue$915.5MIntergovernmental Revenues-State10.1% of revenue$913.4MIntrafund Transfers In8.3% of revenue$750.4MOperating Transfers In6.6% of revenue$594.9MBusiness Taxes6.3% of revenue$573.4M
Other sources11 smaller categories$2.2B
Spending · 7 service areas
Public Works, Transportation & Commerce33.8% of spending · 11 departments$3.1BCommunity Health21.5% of spending · 1 department$1.9BHuman Welfare & Neighborhood Development15.7% of spending · 10 departments$1.4BPublic Protection15.3% of spending · 9 departments$1.4BGeneral Administration & Finance5.1% of spending · 15 departments$461.8MGeneral City Responsibilities5.0% of spending · 1 department$450.4MCulture & Recreation3.6% of spending · 8 departments$329.2M
Adopted budget · FY2015
$9.1B
The revenue bars are gross: $2.5B of them is money moving between City funds, counted twice. The $9.1B total counts each dollar once.
All 55 departments
DepartmentAdopted budget
Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni)10.4% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$945.2MAirport (SFO)10.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$909.8MPUC Water Department5.2% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$470.2MPUC Wastewater Enterprise2.9% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$266.2MPublic Works1.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$150.5MPort1.2% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$108.7MBuilding Inspection1.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$92.3MPUC Hetch Hetchy1.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$88.7MEconomic & Workforce Development0.4% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$32.2MBoard of Appeals0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$964,380Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$0Public Health21.5% of spending · Community Health$1.9BHuman Services8.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$798.0MCommunity Investment & Infrastructure4.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$377.5MChildren, Youth & Their Families1.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$159.5MChildren & Families Commission0.5% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$49.1MEnvironment0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$14.1MChild Support Services0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$12.9MRent Board0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$6.5MStatus of Women0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$5.8MHuman Rights Commission0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$2.1MCounty Office of Education0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$116,000Police5.7% of spending · Public Protection$518.9MFire Department3.8% of spending · Public Protection$343.7MSheriff1.9% of spending · Public Protection$176.5MSuperior Court1.4% of spending · Public Protection$124.8MDepartment of Emergency Management0.8% of spending · Public Protection$74.5MDistrict Attorney0.5% of spending · Public Protection$47.6MJuvenile Probation0.4% of spending · Public Protection$38.5MAdult Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$30.8MPublic Defender0.3% of spending · Public Protection$30.2MCity Administrator1.9% of spending · General Administration & Finance$175.2MMayor0.8% of spending · General Administration & Finance$75.7MCity Planning0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$37.9MTreasurer & Tax Collector0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$36.4MRetirement System0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$27.5MAssessor-Recorder0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$22.6MCity Attorney0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$16.6MElections0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$15.6MController0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$13.4MBoard of Supervisors0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$13.3MHuman Resources0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$12.1MTechnology0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$9.6MEthics Commission0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$4.6MCivil Service Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$809,109Health Service System0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$451,686General City (unallocated)5.0% of spending · General City Responsibilities$450.4MRecreation & Parks1.8% of spending · Culture & Recreation$160.1MPublic Library1.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$109.4MFine Arts Museums0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$17.4MWar Memorial & Performing Arts0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$13.5MArts Commission0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$13.2MAsian Art Museum0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$9.5MAcademy of Sciences0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$4.5MLaw Library0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$1.5M
Internal transfers & offsets (3 lines)

Kept out of the bars: fund-to-fund movements the citywide total cancels, overhead departments recover from each other, and internal billing.

Allocated Charges Spending−$38.9M
Transfer Adjustments-Uses Spending−$2.5B
Transfer Adjustments-Sources Revenue−$2.5B
Source: Budget·Data ↗·Method →

The budget over time

Actuals from FY1999, adopted budget from FY2010. All funds, nominal dollars.

Source: Budget·Data ↗·Method →

Different perimeters — adopted net appropriation vs year-end spending — so the gap between the lines is expected.

The long view: city money on one timeline →