Adopted (FY2021)
$2.3B
Share of city spending
16.8%
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 — FY2021
Public Health$824.1MPublic Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)$353.7MMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)$250.6MAirport (SFO)$176.9MCity Administrator$156.7MHuman Resources$68.9MTechnology$63.9MHuman Services Agency$47.2M
+ 43 smaller departments
Superior Court$35.5MEmergency Management$29.8MHomelessness & Supportive Housing$27.1MRecreation & Parks$22.8MPublic Works$19.4MGeneral City (unallocated)$19.3MPolice$18.1MEnvironment$17.8MController$14.5MSheriff$14.3MCity Attorney$14.2MElections$13.2MPort$11.3MPublic Library$9.0MChildren, Youth & Their Families$8.6MAdult Probation$8.1MArts Commission$7.0MJuvenile Probation$6.0MRetirement System$5.8MBuilding Inspection$5.5MTreasurer & Tax Collector$5.4MDistrict Attorney$4.0MBoard of Supervisors$3.8MCity Planning$3.5MEconomic & Workforce Development$3.1MMayor$3.0MFire Department$2.8MHealth Service System$2.3MWar Memorial & Performing Arts$2.1MAsian Art Museum$1.7MAssessor-Recorder$1.5MAcademy of Sciences$1.5MPublic Defender$1.3MChildren & Families Commission$1.1MFine Arts Museums$617,481Rent Board$466,558Police Accountability$444,336Child Support Services$350,094Ethics Commission$223,918Human Rights Commission$205,616Status of Women$144,736Board of Appeals$80,692Civil Service Commission$32,795
Source
Adopted budget lines for “Non-Personnel Services”, fiscal year 2021, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗