Public Library
Department LIB · Culture & Recreation · $193.3M adopted (FY2026)
Adopted budget (FY2026)
$193.3M
Share of city spending
1.2%
Budgeted revenue
$86.8M
Service area
Culture & Recreation
Spending by category — FY2026
Offsets & adjustments
Transfer Adjustment - Uses · Spending−$14.2M
Transfer Adjustment-Source · Revenue−$14.2M
Where this department’s money comes from — FY2026
Adopted vs executed — FY2025, Operating funds
Adopted (operating)$175.7M
Executed (operating)$173.6M
Deviation−$2.1M (−1.2%)
Every comparable year
2019−38.9%
2020−2.6%
2021−7.2%
2022−5.4%
2023−1.1%
2024+0.3%
2025−1.2%
Outline = adopted budget · fill = actual spending · ochre = spent above the adopted figure.
Operating funds only, transfer characters and related government units excluded — the one perimeter where adopted and executed are the same thing (measured; capital and multi-year project funds spend across years by design).
Source
Adopted budget lines for department LIB, fiscal year 2026, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗