Who gets paid by San Francisco
Every settled payment in the City’s ledger: 423,631 vouchers to 7,453 payees in FY2018, published weekly by the Controller.
$9.2B paid through the City’s financial system in FY20187,453 Distinct payees19.3% Share taken by the 10 biggest payees$3.6B Via related government units
Where the money went
$9.2B of payments in FY2018. Each lens re-splits the same total.
By department: $9.2B in FY2018.
$3.6B (39.6%) of this went through related government units — General City - Unallocated $1.3B, Health Service System $840.3M, Retirement System $723.2M, SF Communtiy College Dist $202.7M. Counted in, never netted out.
7,453 payees were paid in FY2018.
What the City buys
$3.4B of FY2018 payments bought goods and services, across 165 categories. Open one to see who was paid in it.
$5.8B left the same ledger without buying anything. $4.4B in debt service, benefit plans, tax withholding and payments to other governments; $1.1B in balance-sheet and revenue lines; $241.7M unclassified.
Categories are the City’s own accounting codes; the split into purchases and the rest is ours.