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San Leandro Budget Overview
San Leandro adopted a two-year FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 budget. The operating plan keeps services funded, but the General Fund forecast still draws down fund balance in both years and falls below the City's 20% economic-uncertainty reserve target by FY 2026-27.
Adopted biennial-budget posture
Balanced with structural pressure
Budget status: Balanced with structural pressure. The FY 2026-27 citywide operating budget shows about $235.3M in expenditures and the General Fund shows about $160.8M in expenditures, while the General Fund forecast uses about $6.4M of fund balance.
Headline numbers
Budget status
Balanced with structural pressure
Resident-facing CivicCause label for the adopted FY 2025-26/FY 2026-27 biennial budget.
FY2026-27 operating
$235.3M
Citywide operating expenditures across all funds in the official June 2025 budget presentation.
FY2026-27 General Fund
$160.8M
General Fund expenditures in the FY 2026-27 forecast table.
Fund-balance draw
$6.4M
Projected FY 2026-27 General Fund net change in fund balance.
Reserve policy target
20%
City policy for economic uncertainties reserve, measured against General Fund expenditures.
FY2026-27 reserve level
15.1%
Projected economic-uncertainties reserve share in FY 2026-27, below the 20% policy target.
Budget Signals
Taxation and Fiscal Policy
$235.3M
Citywide operating budget
FY 2026-27 operating expenditures across all funds, down slightly from the FY 2025-26 proposed level.
Public Safety
$160.8M
General Fund spending
Core city services fund; the forecast shows expenditures exceeding revenues in FY 2026-27.
Budget priorities
$6.4M
Fund balance used
Projected FY 2026-27 draw on General Fund fund balance.
Transportation
$3.6M
Street overlay transfer
General Fund transfer for street overlay rehabilitation in both FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27.
Infrastructure
$12.5M/yr
Infrastructure needs
Estimated street capital maintenance need cited for the next five years.
What changed from FY2025-26?
Compact comparison using the strongest source-backed San Leandro rows. These are FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27 proposed/adopted biennial-budget figures, not a full actuals import.
Citywide operating expenditures
DecreaseFY2025-26
$239.0M
FY2026-27
$235.3M
Change
-$3.7M
-1.5%
All-funds operating expenditures in the official FY 2025-26/FY 2026-27 comparison table.
General Fund expenditures
IncreaseFY2025-26
$156.1M
FY2026-27
$160.8M
Change
+$4.7M
+3.0%
Core services spending rises even as the forecast continues to use fund balance.
General Fund revenue
IncreaseFY2025-26
$149.9M
FY2026-27
$154.4M
Change
+$4.5M
+3.0%
Revenue growth roughly matches spending growth, but does not eliminate the annual General Fund draw.
Ending General Fund balance
DecreaseFY2025-26
$48.6M
FY2026-27
$42.3M
Change
-$6.4M
-13.1%
Projected ending fund balance falls from FY 2025-26 to FY 2026-27.
Economic-uncertainties reserve
DecreaseFY2025-26
20.0%
FY2026-27
15.1%
Change
-4.9 pts
Below target
The reserve meets the 20% policy target in FY 2025-26 but falls below it in FY 2026-27.
Resident-facing operating signals
Human Services reductions
-$244K
FY 2026-27 General Fund net change after a larger FY 2025-26 reduction.
Recreation & Parks reductions
-$907K
FY 2026-27 General Fund net change shown in the department summary.
Library reductions
-$366K
FY 2026-27 General Fund net change shown in the department summary.
Public Works
+$16K
Near-flat FY 2026-27 General Fund net change after an FY 2025-26 reduction.
Fiscal pressure signals
FY2026 net fund-balance draw
$6.1M
Projected General Fund net change in FY 2025-26.
FY2027 net fund-balance draw
$6.4M
Projected General Fund net change in FY 2026-27.
FY2028 projected draw
$5.7M
The forecast continues to show a fund-balance draw in FY 2027-28.
FY2029 projected reserve level
5.9%
Projected economic-uncertainties reserve share by FY 2028-29 if forecast assumptions hold.
Capital and infrastructure signals
The official FY 2026-27 budget page says the adopted budget includes the City's two-year Capital Improvement Plan.
The General Fund transfer schedule keeps $3.6M per year for Street Overlay Rehabilitation and $475K per year for City Park Major Maintenance.
Budget materials cite street capital maintenance needs of about $12.5M per year over the next five years.
Other cited needs include building capital/facility maintenance, fleet replacement, IT capital maintenance, parks infrastructure, and EV fleet transition costs.
The June 2025 CIP presentation highlights funded or proposed transportation/library items including Hesperian Boulevard Bike Lane Gap Closure and library project funding decisions.
Risks and caveats
This CivicCause page uses the official San Leandro FY 2026-27 budget page, the linked ClearGov budget book, and City Council budget/CIP presentations. The strongest compact comparison is FY 2025-26 proposed versus FY 2026-27 proposed/adopted; project-level CIP materials are summarized because a single clean compact CIP total was not verified.
The official forecast shows continuing General Fund draws after FY 2026-27 if revenues and costs follow current assumptions.
Reserve pressure grows as the economic-uncertainties reserve falls below the City's 20% policy target.
Department-level net-change rows show reductions in several resident-facing departments; this page does not infer exact service cuts beyond the source language.
CIP source materials support infrastructure themes and selected project amounts, but not a clean compact total suitable for a headline card.
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Official sources
City Budget
Official San Leandro budget hub linking the current and prior adopted budget materials.
Adopted City Budget Fiscal Year 26-27
Official city page confirming the budget cycle, two-year CIP inclusion, and June 16, 2025 adoption.
FY 26-27 ClearGov budget book
Official linked digital budget book surface.
Previous Budget Meetings
Official page linking Finance Committee, City Council, and CIP presentations.
June 2, 2025 City Council budget meeting
Official Legistar meeting record for the proposed FY 2025-26/FY 2026-27 budget presentation.
Proposed FY26 & FY27 Biennial Budget presentation
Official source for operating totals, General Fund forecast, fund-balance draw, reserve policy, and department net-change rows.
June 16, 2025 CIP meeting
Official Legistar meeting record for the draft 10-year Capital Improvement Plan discussion.
CIP presentation
Official source for capital project themes and selected infrastructure funding needs.
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