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Pleasanton Budget Overview
Pleasanton's FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 operating budget is balanced, but it closes a recurring General Fund gap with service reductions, reserves, and limited one-time trust/savings support. The budget keeps core services funded while putting infrastructure, public safety costs, and reserve health in the foreground.
Adopted biennial-budget posture
Balanced with structural pressure
Budget status: Balanced with structural pressure. The official budget says the General Fund operating budget is balanced with operating revenues, reserves, and service reductions; the Budget-in-Brief describes an annual General Fund gap of about $10M and a General Fund reserve near 19% of operating expenses.
Headline signals
Budget status
Balanced with structural pressure
Resident-facing CivicCause label for the adopted FY 2025-26/FY 2026-27 operating budget.
FY2026-27 operating
$257.7M
Total operating expenditures across all funds, excluding capital project funds and interfund transfers.
FY2026-27 General Fund
$170.8M
General Fund expenditures including transfers.
General Fund revenue
$169.3M
FY2026-27 General Fund revenues and transfers.
Annual gap addressed
~$10M
Budget-in-Brief description of the projected annual General Fund gap addressed by the budget.
General Fund reserve
~19%
Budget-in-Brief estimate of General Fund reserve as a share of operating expenses.
Budget Signals
Taxation and Fiscal Policy
$257.7M
Operating budget
FY 2026-27 all-funds operating expenditures.
Public Safety
$170.8M
General Fund spending
Core services fund, including police, fire, library/recreation, public works, and community development.
Public Safety
$72.4M
Public safety
FY 2026-27 citywide operating spending for Fire and Police combined.
Transportation
$39.1M
Transportation and streets CIP
Five-year CIP category including West Las Positas Boulevard, I-580 bike/pedestrian crossing work, resurfacing, slurry sealing, and curb/gutter work.
Infrastructure
$220.0M
Five-year CIP
FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30 Capital Improvement Program total shown in the official Budget-in-Brief.
Housing & Homelessness
$590K
Community support reductions
Supported reductions in community support, crossing guards, business partner support, housing/human-services grants, and youth/civic arts grants.
What changed from FY2023-24 actuals?
Compact comparison from Pleasanton's official operating budget tables. FY2023-24 is the actual baseline; FY2026-27 is the second projected year of the adopted two-year budget.
Total operating expenditures
IncreaseFY2023-24 actual
$226.2M
FY2026-27 projected
$257.7M
Change
+$31.5M
+13.9%
FY 2023-24 actuals compared with FY 2026-27 projected operating expenditures.
General Fund expenditures
IncreaseFY2023-24 actual
$142.5M
FY2026-27 projected
$160.8M
Change
+$18.3M
+12.9%
General Fund expenditures before transfers; the total with transfers is $170.8M in FY 2026-27.
General Fund revenues/transfers
IncreaseFY2023-24 actual
$155.5M
FY2026-27 projected
$169.3M
Change
+$13.8M
+8.8%
General Fund revenues and transfers rise, led by property tax and sales tax.
Public safety
IncreaseFY2023-24 actual
$62.2M
FY2026-27 projected
$72.4M
Change
+$10.2M
+16.5%
Citywide Fire and Police operating expenditures.
Public works
IncreaseFY2023-24 actual
$91.9M
FY2026-27 projected
$108.0M
Change
+$16.1M
+17.6%
Includes utilities, streets/signs, parks, facilities/fleet, engineering, and related public works functions.
Library & Recreation
DecreaseFY2023-24 actual
$16.5M
FY2026-27 projected
$15.7M
Change
-$0.8M
-5.1%
Department total decreases from actual FY 2023-24 to projected FY 2026-27 after budget-reduction actions.
Resident-facing operating signals
Property tax
$101.4M
FY2026-27 General Fund revenue source, up from $90.2M actual in FY2023-24.
Sales tax
$26.7M
FY2026-27 General Fund revenue source; budget narrative notes the full-year effect of Costco sales tax.
Police
$42.1M
FY2026-27 General Fund expenditure in the Budget-in-Brief department table.
Fire
$30.1M
FY2026-27 General Fund expenditure in the Budget-in-Brief department table.
Library & Recreation
$15.0M
FY2026-27 General Fund expenditure in the Budget-in-Brief department table.
Community & Economic Development
$12.0M
FY2026-27 General Fund expenditure in the Budget-in-Brief department table.
Operating, General Fund, and reserve signals
FY2025-26 operating
$248.3M
Projected operating expenditures, up 1.9% from the FY2024-25 modified budget.
FY2026-27 operating
$257.7M
Projected operating expenditures across all fund categories.
FY2025-26 reserve
$30.8M
Projected unrestricted ending General Fund balance before transfers/subsidies are accounted for.
FY2026-27 reserve
$31.3M
Projected unrestricted ending General Fund balance before transfers/subsidies are accounted for.
Pension trust use
$3.0M
Section 115 Pension Trust use over the two-year budget period.
OPEB trust use
$2.1M
Retiree Medical/OPEB Trust withdrawal over the two-year budget period.
Capital and infrastructure signals
The official Budget-in-Brief shows a $220.0M five-year Capital Improvement Program for FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30.
First two years of the CIP are $53.0M in FY 2025-26 and $31.4M in FY 2026-27.
Transportation & Streets is the largest highlighted CIP category at $39.1M, including West Las Positas Boulevard work, I-580 bicycle/pedestrian improvements, street resurfacing, curb/gutter work, and slurry sealing.
Water projects include $11.4M for the City Ground Water Supply Project and $4.1M for water meter replacement.
The CIP includes $10.8M for deferred maintenance to repair and replace aging infrastructure and assets.
Risks and caveats
This first Pleasanton budget page uses official City budget documents only. Actual-to-projected comparisons come from the FY 2025-26/FY 2026-27 Operating Budget tables; the compact CIP section uses the official Budget-in-Brief and five-year CIP source.
The City describes a projected annual General Fund gap and an average annual deficit in the long-term forecast if structural pressure is not addressed.
The balancing strategy uses service reductions plus limited trust/reserve resources; this is not the same as an ongoing structural surplus.
Water and sewer materials discuss rate studies and infrastructure funding gaps, so utility-fund project capacity should be rechecked in future budget cycles.
Current CIP figures are strong at the category level, but this first page does not rank every individual capital project.
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Official sources
Pleasanton Budget Overview
Official city budget hub linking current operating budget, Budget-in-Brief, CIP, prior budgets, and mid-term updates.
FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 Operating Budget
Official operating budget source for actual-to-projected operating, General Fund, revenue, expenditure, reserve, and fund-balance figures.
FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 Budget-in-Brief
Official compact resident-facing source for operating totals, General Fund revenue/expenditure totals, reserve language, and CIP highlights.
FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30 CIP
Official Capital Improvement Program source.
Pleasanton's 2025 Budget Outlook
Official source explaining the General Fund shortfall and long-term fiscal pressure.
Proposed Budget Reduction Recommendations
Official source for resident-facing reduction areas including library/recreation, parks/streets/facilities, community support, police/fire, planning/building, and internal services.
Pleasanton Budget Development
Official budget development page linking Council reports, reduction materials, CIP recommendations, and engagement materials.
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Infrastructure
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Transportation
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