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What San Francisco plans to spend

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

Fiscal year20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026•2027
$16.0B Adopted budget, FY2026 · all funds · +0.5%— Per resident

FY2026 ended June 30. The Controller’s year-end close is still in progress: executed figures for this year are preliminary and can change.See the last closed year (FY2025) →

Revenue, spending

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Group spending by
Revenue · 16 sources
Charges for Services33.6% of revenue$5.4BProperty Taxes19.5% of revenue$3.1BBusiness Taxes10.4% of revenue$1.7BIntergovernmental: State8.2% of revenue$1.3BOther Local Taxes6.6% of revenue$1.1BIntergovernmental: Federal5.0% of revenue$801.1MRents & Concessions4.9% of revenue$790.8MTransfers In4.6% of revenue$741.0M
Other sources8 smaller categories$1.9B
Spending · 7 service areas
Public Works, Transportation & Commerce36.1% of spending · 8 departments$5.8BCommunity Health20.8% of spending · 1 department$3.3BHuman Welfare & Neighborhood Development16.9% of spending · 8 departments$2.7BPublic Protection13.4% of spending · 11 departments$2.1BGeneral Administration & Finance4.9% of spending · 15 departments$790.4MGeneral City Responsibilities4.5% of spending · 1 department$718.9MCulture & Recreation3.5% of spending · 8 departments$552.3M
Adopted budget · FY2026
$16.0B
The revenue bars are gross: $3.9B of them is money moving between City funds, counted twice. The $16.0B total counts each dollar once.
All 55 departments
DepartmentAdopted budget
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)11.8% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.9BAirport (SFO)10.8% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.7BMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)9.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.5BPublic Works1.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$263.1MPort1.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$156.2MBuilding Inspection0.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$92.6MEconomic & Workforce Development0.5% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$81.0MBoard of Appeals0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.3MPublic Health20.8% of spending · Community Health$3.3BHuman Services Agency7.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$1.2BHomelessness & Supportive Housing4.8% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$766.2MChildren, Youth & Their Families2.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$343.1MEarly Childhood1.6% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$256.1MEnvironment0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$34.8MHuman Rights Commission0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$29.9MRent Board0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$14.5MChild Support Services0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$13.1MCommunity Investment & Infrastructure0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0County Office of Education0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0SF Community College District0.0% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$0Police5.3% of spending · Public Protection$842.1MFire Department3.4% of spending · Public Protection$537.3MSheriff2.0% of spending · Public Protection$312.9MEmergency Management0.9% of spending · Public Protection$144.4MDistrict Attorney0.6% of spending · Public Protection$96.1MPublic Defender0.4% of spending · Public Protection$58.3MAdult Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$53.9MJuvenile Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$52.7MSuperior Court0.2% of spending · Public Protection$33.2MPolice Accountability0.1% of spending · Public Protection$9.0MSheriff's Office of Inspector General0.0% of spending · Public Protection$1.3MCity Administrator1.7% of spending · General Administration & Finance$272.8MMayor1.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$179.5MRetirement System0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$55.7MCity Planning0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$55.2MCity Attorney0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$42.8MAssessor-Recorder0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$42.3MTreasurer & Tax Collector0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$36.9MBoard of Supervisors0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$26.5MElections0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$22.5MHuman Resources0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$17.0MController0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$16.2MTechnology0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$14.7MEthics Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$6.6MCivil Service Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$1.2MHealth Service System0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$780,000General City (unallocated)4.5% of spending · General City Responsibilities$718.9MRecreation & Parks1.6% of spending · Culture & Recreation$256.9MPublic Library1.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$193.3MWar Memorial & Performing Arts0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$32.0MFine Arts Museums0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$24.3MArts Commission0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$23.6MAsian Art Museum0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$12.8MAcademy of Sciences0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$8.1MLaw Library0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$1.2M
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−$106.8M
Transfer Adjustment - Uses Spending−$3.9B
IntraFund Transfers In Revenue$1.7B
Expenditure Recovery Revenue$1.5B
Transfer Adjustment-Source Revenue−$3.9B
Operating vs capitalOperating $13.5B · 84.7%Capital $1.1B · 7.0%Administrative $866.5M · 5.4%Capital-CPC Funded $238.9M · 1.5%
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.

150 years of city money, from the 1880s →

Sources & downloadsFull method →

Perimeter: The measured honest comparison (mart_us_sf_budget_vs_actual, 2026-07-16): fund_category='Operating' on BOTH sides, related-government-unit rows excluded from actuals, ALL transfer characters excluded from both sides. Departments sum back to the citywide operating pair exactly (dbt-tested). · Coverage: CLOSED fiscal years only (execution_status='closed' — the most recently ended year is still in its accounting close and is not shown at department grain). Department series start FY2019: department codes changed at the FY2018 chart-of-accounts break and pre-break series need a crosswalk that does not exist yet. · Source: Budget ↗

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