Adopted (FY2020)
$2.2B
Share of city spending
17.8%
Departments
51
Side
Spending
What this is: Services the City buys rather than staffs: professional services, maintenance contracts, utilities, rent, training, travel.Editorial gloss written for this site (provenance-flagged seed, 2026-07-16) — the label above is the source’s own.
By department — FY2020
Public Health$793.8MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$320.1MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$235.3MCity Administrator$172.7MAirport (SFO)$157.2MHuman Resources$70.1MTechnology$63.9MHuman Services Agency$48.0M
+ 43 smaller departments
Superior Court$34.8MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$30.2MPublic Works$23.1MRecreation & Parks$23.0MEmergency Management$22.7MPolice$18.1MSheriff$15.4MController$15.0MCity Attorney$13.3MElections$13.0MPort$12.2MGeneral City (unallocated)$12.0MPublic Library$9.4MAdult Probation$9.0MChildren, Youth & Their Families$8.7MEnvironment$7.9MEconomic & Workforce Development$5.5MJuvenile Probation$5.3MRetirement System$5.2MBuilding Inspection$5.0MArts Commission$4.6MTreasurer & Tax Collector$4.2MBoard of Supervisors$4.0MDistrict Attorney$3.3MCity Planning$3.1MFire Department$2.8MMayor$2.8MAsian Art Museum$2.1MHealth Service System$1.8MAssessor-Recorder$1.7MAcademy of Sciences$1.7MChildren & Families Commission$1.5MPublic Defender$1.2MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$1.2MPolice Accountability$1.1MFine Arts Museums$811,548Rent Board$289,558Human Rights Commission$272,197Ethics Commission$246,744Child Support Services$237,085Status of Women$150,736Board of Appeals$74,192Civil Service Commission$35,795
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Non-Personnel Services”, fiscal year 2020, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗