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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
$10.5B Adopted budget, FY2018 · all funds · +2.8%— Per resident

Where the money goes

By service area.

Service areaAdopted budget
Public Works, Transportation & Commerce34.0% of spending · 12 departments$3.6B
Community Health20.5% of spending · 1 department$2.2B
Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development15.8% of spending · 11 departments$1.7B
Public Protection14.9% of spending · 10 departments$1.6B
General Administration & Finance6.1% of spending · 15 departments$636.7M
General City Responsibilities4.5% of spending · 1 department$470.4M
Culture & Recreation4.2% of spending · 8 departments$439.3M
Breakdown unavailable

FY2018 department detail is not publishable

FY2018 is the PeopleSoft migration year: the budget dataset mixes both chart-of-accounts systems and duplicates department identities, so department/character breakdowns are not publishable. Citywide, org-group and fund totals are consistent and shipped.

Why? The FY2018 system migrationSee the last closed year (FY2025) →
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 →