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San Francisco Budget Overview

FY 2026-27 Proposed Budget

This page keeps the current adopted budget context visible and layers San Francisco's Mayor's June 1, 2026 proposed budget update on top. Proposed figures are useful for public review, but they should not be read as adopted budget values.

Budget status and timeline

Proposed, not adopted
This San Francisco page reflects the Mayor's June 1, 2026 proposed budget package. Proposed values are not adopted yet. The proposal closes the current two-year budget gap, while structural out-year deficit risk remains.
Important dates
Mayor's proposed budget released
June 1, 2026
Board review
June-July 2026
Final adoption deadline
August 1, 2026

Budget cycle stage

1. Proposed
Current stage

Mayor's June 1, 2026 proposed two-year package is the active proposal being reviewed.

2. Board review
In progress

Board review and amendments are expected before the final adopted budget is set.

3. Adoption
Pending

Final adopted values are not shown here until official adoption/source review is complete.

Current adopted budget context

CivicCause preserves the current adopted snapshot as the baseline context. The proposed update below is not shown as an adopted-vs-proposed comparison because matching detailed comparison fields have not been reviewed for public display.

FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget
$15.9B
Current adopted-budget reference
Public Protection
$6.87B
Top-level adopted/current budget metric
Public Works, Transportation & Commerce
$10.51B
Top-level adopted/current budget metric

Deficit and gap context

San Francisco's budget package is being reviewed against a two-year deficit backdrop. CivicCause shows only the verified snapshot-level gap context already attached to the official proposed-budget source package.

December 2025 two-year deficit estimate
$936.6M
Stored as context for the FY 2026-27 / FY 2027-28 budget process.
March 2026 two-year deficit estimate
$642.8M
Updated deficit estimate before the June 1 proposed package.
Proposal status
Gap addressed
The proposed package is described as closing the current two-year gap; structural out-year pressure remains.

Headline metrics

These headline figures combine official proposed-budget totals with same-source DataSF/OpenBook movement analysis. The FY 2026-27 budget is proposed and pending Board review.

FY 2026-27 proposed total
$16.852B
FY 2026-27 Proposed Total Budget
FY 2027-28 proposed total
$17.235B
FY 2027-28 Proposed Total Budget
FY2026 → FY2027 DataSF same-basis change
+$243.6M / +1.5%
$15.99B to $16.23B on the DataSF/OpenBook spending basis.
Deficit context
Gap addressed
The proposal closes the current two-year deficit in the budget package; structural out-year deficit risk remains.

Budget movement

These are same-basis DataSF/OpenBook spending movements from FY2026 to the FY2027 proposal. They are not a manually reconciled Budget Book comparison and do not include department revenue.

Top increases

DPH Public Health
$3.32B → $3.45B
+$129.6M
REC Recreation & Park Commsn
$256.9M → $332.6M
+$75.7M
HSA Human Services Agency
$1.24B → $1.31B
+$62.6M
PUC Public Utilities Commsn
$1.89B → $1.93B
+$36.1M
MTA Municipal Transprtn Agncy
$1.55B → $1.57B
+$18.7M
MYR Mayor
$179.5M → $198.2M
+$18.7M

Top decreases

GEN General City - Unallocated
$718.9M → $624.1M
-$94.8M
HOM Homelessness Services
$766.2M → $687.9M
-$78.3M
CPC City Planning
$55.2M → $47.2M
-$8.0M
DPW Public Works
$263.1M → $257.3M
-$5.8M
JUV Juvenile Probation
$52.7M → $47.5M
-$5.2M

Service area changes

Service-area movement shows where the detailed DataSF/OpenBook spending basis changes across major public-service groups, including Community Health, transportation/public works, Human Welfare, and Public Protection.

Community Health
$3.45B
+$129.6M from FY2026 DataSF basis
Public Works, Transportation & Commerce
$5.84B
+$76.0M from FY2026 DataSF basis
Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development
$2.70B
-$2.2M from FY2026 DataSF basis
Public Protection
$2.18B
+$36.0M from FY2026 DataSF basis
Culture & Recreation
$629.1M
+$76.8M from FY2026 DataSF basis
General Administration & Finance
$812.5M
+$22.1M from FY2026 DataSF basis
General City Responsibilities
$624.1M
-$94.8M from FY2026 DataSF basis

Fund overview

The fund view separates General Fund, enterprise, special revenue, debt service, capital project, and other accounting buckets. This helps distinguish operating pressure from project, utility, and enterprise-fund activity.

Enterprise Funds
$7.33B
45.2% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · +$127.4M from FY2026
General Fund
$6.04B
37.2% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · +$271.5M from FY2026
Special Revenue Funds
$2.43B
15.0% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · -$28.0M from FY2026
Debt Service Funds
$289.6M
1.8% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · -$129.5M from FY2026
Pension, Other Employee and Ot
$54.9M
0.3% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · +$1.4M from FY2026
Capital Projects Funds
$32.5M
0.2% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · -$887.7K from FY2026
Component Units
$28.4M
0.2% of DataSF FY2027 spending basis · +$1.3M from FY2026

Appropriation ordinance cross-check

The interim appropriation ordinance is treated as a supporting legal cross-check, not as a separate CivicCause comparison dataset.

Interim AAO FY 2026-27 sources/uses total
$16.85B
Supporting ordinance total stored with the proposed snapshot.
Interim AAO FY 2027-28 sources/uses total
$17.24B
Second-year ordinance cross-check stored with the proposed snapshot.

How to read this page

The current adopted snapshot provides the active public-budget reference. The FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28 cards show the Mayor's proposed two-year budget package and remain clearly labeled as proposed.

Use the official source links to confirm amendments, Board action, and final adopted values as the budget process continues.

Review caveats

  • Proposed totals are not adopted budget values.
  • Detailed department, program, FTE, and capital project rows are not shown until separately reviewed.
  • Current-vs-proposed comparisons remain disabled because matching comparison fields are not approved.
  • Final Board amendments and adopted ordinances should supersede this proposal when official sources are available.

Key official documents

Sources and methodology

The Mayor’s Budget Book provides the official proposed budget totals. CivicCause uses DataSF/OpenBook for detailed department and service-area analysis. These sources use different accounting views, so totals may not match exactly.

The proposed snapshot uses headline totals from the official Mayor's Proposed June 1st Budget Book and related SF.gov budget package sources. DataSF/OpenBook aggregate spending rows provide the department, service-area, and fund movement shown above.

The proposed snapshot remains labeled proposed/not adopted. It should not be used to claim final Board action, adopted service impacts, or a manually reconciled Budget Book-to-DataSF total.

Department revenue remains admin-only and is not shown on this public page.

Sources

Primary source: Mayor's Proposed June 1st Budget, FY 2026-2027 and FY 2027-2028

Official budget package
SF.gov Budget Process Documents for Fiscal Years 2027 & 2028
Section: Official SF.gov budget process package · Fiscal year: FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28
Official package page first published December 8, 2025. Contains the June 1, 2026 proposed budget book and supporting ordinances.