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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
$11.1B Adopted budget, FY2019 · all funds · +5.2%— Per resident

Revenue, spending

Select a bar for the departments and lines behind it.

Group spending by
Revenue · 16 sources
Charges for Services31.2% of revenue$3.4BProperty Taxes19.6% of revenue$2.2BOther Local Taxes9.7% of revenue$1.1BIntergovernmental: State9.3% of revenue$1.0BBusiness Taxes8.0% of revenue$881.5MTransfers In7.0% of revenue$773.7MRents & Concessions6.2% of revenue$682.9MIntergovernmental: Federal4.4% of revenue$483.6M
Other sources8 smaller categories$1.3B
Spending · 6 service areas
Public Works, Transportation & Commerce41.2% of spending · 8 departments$4.5BCommunity Health27.7% of spending · 1 department$3.1BPublic Protection24.8% of spending · 10 departments$2.7BHuman Welfare & Neighborhood Development18.2% of spending · 10 departments$2.0BGeneral Administration & Finance9.3% of spending · 15 departments$1.0BCulture & Recreation6.3% of spending · 8 departments$692.6M
Adopted budget · FY2019
$11.1B
The bars are gross lines: $3.0B of them is money moving between City funds, counted twice. The $11.1B total counts each dollar once.
All 55 departments
DepartmentAdopted budget
Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni)14.5% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.6BPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)10.4% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.2BAirport (SFO)9.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.1BPublic Works3.4% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$378.8MPort1.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$171.9MEconomic & Workforce Development0.9% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$103.0MBuilding Inspection0.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$76.7MBoard of Appeals0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.4MPublic Health27.7% of spending · Community Health$3.1BPolice9.9% of spending · Public Protection$1.1BFire Department5.8% of spending · Public Protection$646.5MSheriff3.8% of spending · Public Protection$417.2MEmergency Management1.4% of spending · Public Protection$160.2MDistrict Attorney1.2% of spending · Public Protection$127.7MPublic Defender0.7% of spending · Public Protection$76.6MJuvenile Probation0.7% of spending · Public Protection$73.5MSuperior Court0.6% of spending · Public Protection$65.9MAdult Probation0.6% of spending · Public Protection$63.5MPolice Accountability0.2% of spending · Public Protection$16.7MHuman Services Agency10.7% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$1.2BHomelessness & Supportive Housing4.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$453.4MChildren, Youth & Their Families2.6% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$287.0MEnvironment0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$19.3MStatus of Women0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$18.5MChild Support Services0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$12.8MChildren & Families Commission0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$11.4MHuman Rights Commission0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$9.5MRent Board0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$8.5MCounty Office of Education0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$232,000SF Community College District0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0Community Investment & Infrastructure0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0City Administrator3.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$328.1MMayor1.7% of spending · General Administration & Finance$188.6MRetirement System1.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$111.6MAssessor-Recorder0.7% of spending · General Administration & Finance$73.5MTreasurer & Tax Collector0.5% of spending · General Administration & Finance$58.8MCity Planning0.5% of spending · General Administration & Finance$55.7MCity Attorney0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$43.4MHuman Resources0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$37.5MElections0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$37.4MBoard of Supervisors0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$31.5MTechnology0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$24.0MController0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$22.7MEthics Commission0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$12.8MCivil Service Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$1.8MHealth Service System0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$593,335Recreation & Parks2.7% of spending · Culture & Recreation$303.4MPublic Library2.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$244.2MFine Arts Museums0.4% of spending · Culture & Recreation$40.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts0.3% of spending · Culture & Recreation$36.1MArts Commission0.3% of spending · Culture & Recreation$27.7MAsian Art Museum0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$23.3MAcademy of Sciences0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$12.9MLaw Library0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$4.3MGeneral City (unallocated)−27.4% of spending · General City Responsibilities−$3.0B
Internal transfers & offsets (5 lines)

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

Overhead and Allocations Spending−$152.8M
Transfer Adjustment - Uses Spending−$3.0B
IntraFund Transfers In Revenue$1.2B
Expenditure Recovery Revenue$997.7M
Transfer Adjustment-Source Revenue−$3.0B
Operating vs capitalOperating $9.3B · 83.9%Capital $975.4M · 8.8%Capital-CPC Funded $344.5M · 3.1%Administrative $244.3M · 2.2%
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The budget over time

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

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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 →