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What San Francisco plans to spend, service by service

Every appropriation in the City’s adopted budget — the Annual Appropriation Ordinance the Board of Supervisors votes — from the Controller’s own database.

Fiscal year20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026•2027
$16.2B Adopted budget, fiscal year 2027 — all funds, citywide · +1.5%— Per resident$16.2B Budgeted revenue

FY2027 is the second year of the City’s two-year budget: adopted, not yet executed. Enterprise-department figures are high-level estimates — this year has 7,621 budget lines vs 23,551 for the year before.See the last closed year (FY2025) →

Where the money goes

The City groups its 52 departments into 7 service areas.

Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$5.8B · 36.0%Community Health$3.4B · 21.3%Human Welfare & Neighborhood Develop…$2.7B · 16.6%Public Protection$2.2B · 13.4%General Admini…$812.5M · 5.0%Culture & Recr…$629.1M · 3.9%General City R…$624.1M · 3.8%
DepartmentAdopted budget
Public Utilities Commission (water, power, sewer)11.9% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.9BAirport (SFO)10.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.7BMunicipal Transportation Agency (Muni)9.7% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.6BPublic Works1.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$257.3MPort1.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$155.7MBuilding Inspection0.6% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$96.5MEconomic & Workforce Development0.5% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$89.1MBoard of Appeals0.0% of spending · Public Works, Transportation & Commerce$1.2MPublic Health21.3% of spending · Community Health$3.4BHuman Services Agency8.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$1.3BHomelessness & Supportive Housing4.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$687.9MChildren, Youth & Their Families2.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$350.7M
Show all remaining departments (40)
Early Childhood1.6% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$261.3MEnvironment0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$35.6MHuman Rights Commission0.2% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$28.7MRent Board0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$15.1MChild Support Services0.1% of spending · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development$13.7MPolice5.2% of spending · Public Protection$850.4MFire Department3.4% of spending · Public Protection$545.2MSheriff2.0% of spending · Public Protection$317.9MEmergency Management1.0% of spending · Public Protection$161.0MDistrict Attorney0.6% of spending · Public Protection$99.0MPublic Defender0.4% of spending · Public Protection$58.7MAdult Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$54.2MJuvenile Probation0.3% of spending · Public Protection$47.5MSuperior Court0.2% of spending · Public Protection$33.2MPolice Accountability0.1% of spending · Public Protection$8.6MSheriff's Office of Inspector General0.0% of spending · Public Protection$1.4MCity Administrator1.7% of spending · General Administration & Finance$276.4MMayor1.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$198.2MRetirement System0.4% of spending · General Administration & Finance$57.0MCity Planning0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$47.2MCity Attorney0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$46.3MAssessor-Recorder0.3% of spending · General Administration & Finance$43.2MTreasurer & Tax Collector0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$36.1MBoard of Supervisors0.2% of spending · General Administration & Finance$25.3MElections0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$24.0MController0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$16.7MHuman Resources0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$16.2MTechnology0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$14.7MEthics Commission0.1% of spending · General Administration & Finance$9.2MCivil Service Commission0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$1.2MHealth Service System0.0% of spending · General Administration & Finance$780,000Recreation & Parks2.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$332.6MPublic Library1.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$191.8MWar Memorial & Performing Arts0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$33.0MFine Arts Museums0.2% of spending · Culture & Recreation$25.3MArts Commission0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$23.2MAsian Art Museum0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$13.0MAcademy of Sciences0.1% of spending · Culture & Recreation$8.7MLaw Library0.0% of spending · Culture & Recreation$1.4MGeneral City (unallocated)3.8% of spending · General City Responsibilities$624.1M
What kind of moneyOperating $13.9B · 85.7%Administrative $948.3M · 5.8%Capital $905.8M · 5.6%Capital-CPC Funded $264.8M · 1.6%
Source: Budget Data ↗

Where the money comes from

16 revenue categories add up to $16.2B.

Revenue categoryBudgeted revenue
Charges for Services36.2% of revenue$5.9BProperty Taxes18.3% of revenue$3.0BBusiness Taxes11.8% of revenue$1.9BIntergovernmental: State7.9% of revenue$1.3BOther Local Taxes7.0% of revenue$1.1BRents & Concessions4.9% of revenue$800.7MTransfers In4.7% of revenue$766.2MIntergovernmental: Federal4.1% of revenue$660.0MUnappropriated Fund Balance2.9% of revenue$472.6MOther Revenues2.1% of revenue$347.3MInterest & Investment Income1.6% of revenue$263.0MIntergovernmental: Other1.1% of revenue$176.0MFines, Forfeiture, & Penalties1.1% of revenue$175.6MLicenses, Permits,& Franchises0.4% of revenue$70.9MContributions Ret/HSS/HlthCare0.3% of revenue$54.6MOther Financing Sources0.2% of revenue$32.5M
Internal mechanics — not money from outside. Intrafund transfers, expenditure recovery and the revenue-side transfer adjustment are the City billing and balancing itself. They stay out of the ranked bars.
Expenditure Recovery$1.6B
IntraFund Transfers In$1.5B
Transfer Adjustment-Source−$3.8B
Source: Budget Data ↗

The budget over time

Actual spending reaches back to FY1999; the adopted budget begins FY2010. All funds, citywide, nominal dollars.

Source: Budget Data ↗

Budget is the adopted net appropriation (from FY2010); actuals are year-end spending, all funds (from FY1999) — different perimeters, so the gap between the lines is expected.

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