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What San Francisco plans to spend

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

$13.6B Adopted budget, FY2021 · all funds · +10.6%$16,681 Per resident

Revenue, spending

Select a bar for the departments and lines behind it.

Group spending by
The revenue bars are gross: $4.2B of them is money moving between City funds, counted twice. The $13.6B total counts each dollar once.
All 55 departments
DepartmentAdopted budget
Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni)11.3% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.5BAirport (SFO)10.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.4BPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)9.5% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.3BPublic Works1.4% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$194.2MPort0.9% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$124.8MEconomic & Workforce Development0.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$90.8MBuilding Inspection0.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$89.4MBoard of Appeals0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.2MPublic Health20.0% of spending · Community Health$2.7BHuman Services Agency9.9% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$1.4BHomelessness & Supportive Housing6.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$843.9MChildren, Youth & Their Families2.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$281.9MEnvironment0.3% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$35.9MChildren & Families Commission0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$13.5MChild Support Services0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$13.2MHuman Rights Commission0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$11.1MStatus of Women0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$10.3MRent Board0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$9.4MCommunity Investment & Infrastructure0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0SF Community College District0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0County Office of Education0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0Police4.8% of spending · Public Protection$651.8MFire Department3.0% of spending · Public Protection$405.4MSheriff1.6% of spending · Public Protection$217.0MEmergency Management0.8% of spending · Public Protection$114.2MDistrict Attorney0.5% of spending · Public Protection$72.9MPublic Defender0.3% of spending · Public Protection$42.2MAdult Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$41.8MJuvenile Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$41.1MSuperior Court0.3% of spending · Public Protection$36.3MPolice Accountability0.1% of spending · Public Protection$10.2MGeneral City (unallocated)5.6% of spending · General City Responsibilities$755.6MCity Administrator1.5% of spending · General Administration & Finance$208.6MMayor1.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$189.2MCity Planning0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$58.2MRetirement System0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$39.6MTreasurer & Tax Collector0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$35.8MAssessor-Recorder0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$35.6MCity Attorney0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$30.8MElections0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$24.3MHuman Resources0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$19.6MBoard of Supervisors0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$18.4MController0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$13.3MTechnology0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$10.2MEthics Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$4.7MCivil Service Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$925,194Health Service System0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$634,428Recreation & Parks1.7% of spending · Culture & Recreation$228.1MPublic Library1.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$151.6MWar Memorial & Performing Arts0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$24.5MArts Commission0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$20.3MFine Arts Museums0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$18.3MAsian Art Museum0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$10.2MAcademy of Sciences0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$5.6MLaw Library0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$1.9M
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−$119.5M
Transfer Adjustment - Uses Spending−$4.2B
IntraFund Transfers In Revenue$2.1B
Expenditure Recovery Revenue$1.1B
Transfer Adjustment-Source Revenue−$4.2B
Operating vs capitalOperating $11.2B · 82.6%Capital $1.1B · 7.8%Disaster Recovery $628.5M · 4.6%Administrative $329.2M · 2.4%
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 →