Who gets paid by San Francisco
Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 483,075 vouchers to 7,437 payees in FY2019, published weekly by the Controller.
$11.2B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20197,437 Distinct payees20.4% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$3.9B Via related government units
Where the money went
$11.2B of payments in FY2019. Each lens re-splits the same total.
By department: $11.2B in FY2019.
$3.9B (34.8%) of this went through related government units — General City - Unallocated $1.1B, Retirement System $1.1B, Health Service System $944.5M, SF Communtiy College Dist $249.4M. Counted in, never netted out.
7,437 payees were paid in FY2019.
What the City buys
$4.9B of FY2019 payments bought goods and services, across 164 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.
$6.4B left the same ledger without buying anything. $4.9B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $1.2B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $237.7M unclassified.
Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.