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What San Francisco plans to spend

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

$14.6B Adopted budget, FY2024 · all funds · +4.5%$17,823 Per resident

Revenue, spending

Select a bar for the departments and lines behind it.

Group spending by
The revenue bars are gross: $3.6B of them is money moving between City funds, counted twice. The $14.6B total counts each dollar once.
All 57 departments
DepartmentAdopted budget
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)10.9% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.6BMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)10.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.5BAirport (SFO)8.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.3BPublic Works2.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$290.2MPort1.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$150.1MEconomic & Workforce Development0.9% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$135.9MBuilding Inspection0.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$85.9MBoard of Appeals0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.1MPublic Health21.4% of spending · Community Health$3.1BHuman Services Agency7.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$1.1BHomelessness & Supportive Housing4.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$702.2MChildren, Youth & Their Families2.3% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$333.6MEarly Childhood1.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$264.8MEnvironment0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$29.5MRent Board0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$17.7MHuman Rights Commission0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$16.4MStatus of Women0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$14.0MChild Support Services0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$13.5MSF Community College District0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0Children & Families Commission0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0County Office of Education0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0Community Investment & Infrastructure0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0Police5.3% of spending · Public Protection$768.9MFire Department3.4% of spending · Public Protection$498.1MSheriff1.8% of spending · Public Protection$258.0MEmergency Management0.9% of spending · Public Protection$137.6MDistrict Attorney0.6% of spending · Public Protection$89.1MAdult Probation0.4% of spending · Public Protection$53.1MPublic Defender0.4% of spending · Public Protection$52.5MJuvenile Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$48.8MSuperior Court0.2% of spending · Public Protection$32.8MPolice Accountability0.1% of spending · Public Protection$9.6MSheriff's Office of Inspector General0.0% of spending · Public Protection$1.8MCity Administrator1.9% of spending · General Administration & Finance$271.6MMayor1.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$162.7MCity Planning0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$55.7MRetirement System0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$51.4MTreasurer & Tax Collector0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$39.9MCity Attorney0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$37.5MAssessor-Recorder0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$37.2MBoard of Supervisors0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$23.4MElections0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$22.7MHuman Resources0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$20.2MTechnology0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$17.2MController0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$15.1MEthics Commission0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$7.5MCivil Service Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$1.1MHealth Service System0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$469,131General City (unallocated)4.7% of spending · General City Responsibilities$685.1MRecreation & Parks1.8% of spending · Culture & Recreation$259.0MPublic Library1.4% of spending · Culture & Recreation$200.2MArts Commission0.3% of spending · Culture & Recreation$41.5MWar Memorial & Performing Arts0.3% of spending · Culture & Recreation$37.4MFine Arts Museums0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$23.1MAsian Art Museum0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$11.4MAcademy of Sciences0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$7.5MLaw Library0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$1.8M
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−$109.8M
Transfer Adjustment - Uses Spending−$3.6B
IntraFund Transfers In Revenue$1.5B
Expenditure Recovery Revenue$1.4B
Transfer Adjustment-Source Revenue−$3.6B
Operating vs capitalOperating $12.3B · 84.3%Capital $774.9M · 5.3%Administrative $756.8M · 5.2%Capital-CPC Funded $327.6M · 2.2%
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 →