CivicCause budget overview
Mountain View Budget Overview
FY 2025-26 Budget and Recent Trends
Draft budget previewBudget document: FY 2025-26 adopted PDF
Mountain View's CivicCause budget overview highlights major current-year budget changes, department shifts, recent trends, and the official public source documents behind them.
This Mountain View budget preview is available for internal and prelaunch review. Revenue comparisons are GOF-level, department trend data is a published three-point trend, and the top-line expenditure card is labeled to its imported all-funds table scope.
Mountain View’s imported all-funds expenditure table is shown with its exact source scope. Do not read that table total as a simplified net operating budget.
Imported All-Funds Expenditures
$642.5M
Derived from Mountain View's adopted all-funds expenditure table. Treat this as the imported all-funds expenditure table total, not a simplified operating-budget total.
Projected Deficit
Not yet available
Not yet available in current public data
What Changed
Largest department-level changes in the strongest currently loaded comparison layer.
Non-Departmental
↑
Increase+52.74%
2024/25: $171,455,361
2025/26: $261,875,503
+$90.4M
↑Increase
Housing
↑
Increase+34.89%
2024/25: $41,022,071
2025/26: $55,336,589
+$14.3M
↑Increase
Public Works
↓
Decrease-5.58%
2024/25: $122,598,172
2025/26: $115,758,339
-$6.8M
↓Decrease
Police
↑
Increase+5.81%
2024/25: $57,123,627
2025/26: $60,440,323
+$3.3M
↑Increase
Community Development
↑
Increase+11.09%
2024/25: $16,434,683
2025/26: $18,257,284
+$1.8M
↑Increase
Community Services
↑
Increase+4.60%
2024/25: $35,863,463
2025/26: $37,512,756
+$1.6M
↑Increase
Department comparison
Mountain View department-level total expenditure comparison from the published Total Department Expenditures table.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Departmental | $171,455,361 | $261,875,503 | +$90.4M | +52.74% | ↑Increase |
| Housing | $41,022,071 | $55,336,589 | +$14.3M | +34.89% | ↑Increase |
| Public Works | $122,598,172 | $115,758,339 | -$6.8M | -5.58% | ↓Decrease |
| Police | $57,123,627 | $60,440,323 | +$3.3M | +5.81% | ↑Increase |
| Community Development | $16,434,683 | $18,257,284 | +$1.8M | +11.09% | ↑Increase |
| Community Services | $35,863,463 | $37,512,756 | +$1.6M | +4.60% | ↑Increase |
| Fire | $40,522,907 | $42,153,996 | +$1.6M | +4.03% | ↑Increase |
| Finance and Administrative Services | $19,697,404 | $20,458,732 | +$761.3K | +3.87% | ↑Increase |
| City Attorney | $6,000,787 | $6,448,239 | +$447.5K | +7.46% | ↑Increase |
| City Manager | $9,443,850 | $9,157,492 | -$286.4K | -3.03% | ↓Decrease |
| Library | $8,429,677 | $8,645,260 | +$215.6K | +2.56% | ↑Increase |
| Information Technology | $11,491,201 | $11,331,597 | -$159.6K | -1.39% | ↓Decrease |
| City Clerk | $1,511,195 | $1,413,622 | -$97.6K | -6.46% | ↓Decrease |
| City Council | $548,735 | $523,979 | -$24.8K | -4.51% | ↓Decrease |
| Human Resources | $4,961,541 | $4,971,078 | +$9.5K | +0.19% | ↑Increase |
Expenditure categories
Mountain View FY 2024/25 to FY 2025/26 all-funds expenditure comparison from the published Total Expenditures by Fund Type table.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Expenditures | $536,104,674 | $642,484,789 | +$106.4M | +19.84% | ↑Increase |
| Special Revenue Funds | $131,380,852 | $183,593,614 | +$52.2M | +39.74% | ↑Increase |
| General Fund Reserves | $42,916,922 | $73,224,280 | +$30.3M | +70.62% | ↑Increase |
| General Fund | $200,255,858 | $228,138,526 | +$27.9M | +13.92% | ↑Increase |
| Capital Projects Funds | $2,061,000 | $15,905,000 | +$13.8M | +672% | ↑Increase |
| Enterprise Funds | $125,563,464 | $113,530,808 | -$12.0M | -9.58% | ↓Decrease |
| Internal Service Funds | $33,926,578 | $28,092,561 | -$5.8M | -17.20% | ↓Decrease |
Revenue
Mountain View FY 2024/25 to FY 2025/26 revenue comparison from the published adopted budget PDF, centered on the General Operating Fund forecast table plus an all-funds topline.
| Name | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Delta | % Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total General Operating Fund Revenues | $184,144,000 | $195,664,000 | +$11.5M | +6.26% | ↑Increase |
| Property Taxes | $78,063,000 | $84,168,000 | +$6.1M | +7.82% | ↑Increase |
| Other Revenues | $27,879,000 | $30,603,000 | +$2.7M | +9.77% | ↑Increase |
| Use of Money and Property | $30,048,000 | $32,436,000 | +$2.4M | +7.95% | ↑Increase |
| Other Local Taxes | $23,676,000 | $25,614,000 | +$1.9M | +8.19% | ↑Increase |
| Sales Tax | $24,478,000 | $22,843,000 | -$1.6M | -6.68% | ↓Decrease |
| Total All Funds Revenues | Not yet available in current public data | $663,500,000 | — | — | →No clear change |
5-year department trends
This is the deeper trend section. Priority departments are shown first with labeled fiscal years, values, and a simple direction read.
Police
↑Increase
2023/24 Audited$48,952,599
2025/26 Adopted$60,440,323
2023/24 Audited: $49.0M2024/25 Adopted: $57.1M2025/26 Adopted: $60.4M
5-year change: +$11.5M
↑Increase
Fire
↑Increase
2023/24 Audited$36,131,303
2025/26 Adopted$42,153,996
2023/24 Audited: $36.1M2024/25 Adopted: $40.5M2025/26 Adopted: $42.2M
5-year change: +$6.0M
↑Increase
Library
↑Increase
2023/24 Audited$7,259,708
2025/26 Adopted$8,645,260
2023/24 Audited: $7.3M2024/25 Adopted: $8.4M2025/26 Adopted: $8.6M
5-year change: +$1.4M
↑Increase
Public Works
↑Increase
2023/24 Audited$90,586,733
2025/26 Adopted$115,758,339
2023/24 Audited: $90.6M2024/25 Adopted: $122.6M2025/26 Adopted: $115.8M
5-year change: +$25.2M
↑Increase
Housing
↑Increase
2023/24 Audited$4,194,502
2025/26 Adopted$55,336,589
2023/24 Audited: $4.2M2024/25 Adopted: $41.0M2025/26 Adopted: $55.3M
5-year change: +$51.1M
↑Increase
More department series
| Department | Latest year | Latest value | 5-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Attorney | 2025/26 Adopted | $6,448,239 | +$3.2M↑Increase |
| City Clerk | 2025/26 Adopted | $1,413,622 | +$415.4K↑Increase |
| City Council | 2025/26 Adopted | $523,979 | +$191.0K↑Increase |
| City Manager | 2025/26 Adopted | $9,157,492 | +$1.1M↑Increase |
| Community Development | 2025/26 Adopted | $18,257,284 | +$6.4M↑Increase |
| Community Services | 2025/26 Adopted | $37,512,756 | +$9.8M↑Increase |
| Finance and Administrative Services | 2025/26 Adopted | $20,458,732 | +$5.1M↑Increase |
| Human Resources | 2025/26 Adopted | $4,971,078 | +$859.4K↑Increase |
| Information Technology | 2025/26 Adopted | $11,331,597 | +$3.8M↑Increase |
| Non-Departmental | 2025/26 Adopted | $261,875,503 | -$6.7M↓Decrease |
Community and Organization Perspectives
Perspectives on this budget will appear here.
Methodology and caveats
- Revenue comparison is GOF-level rather than a full all-funds category revenue table. The all-funds revenue total is included as a current-year topline only. The Mountain View adopted budget PDF was manually saved locally because scripted downloads from the city-hosted PDF URL returned HTTP 403 during source audit. The Capital Improvement Program section was present, but no stable category rollup table was clearly extractable from parsed text; projects_category_summary is intentionally empty for this first pass. Mountain View OpenGov/Open Budget exists as an official transparency tool, but public row-level extraction was not proven for this build; numeric artifacts rely on the locally saved adopted budget PDF. Revenue comparison rows come from the General Operating Fund forecast table on page 3-11. They are not all-funds category comparisons. Department trend data is a three-point published trend (2023/24 audited, 2024/25 adopted, 2025/26 adopted), not a true five-year department trend. The budget overview presents total all-funds expenditures as $654.3M before the projected vacancy factor, while the adopted fund-type summary totals $642.5M after the projected vacancy factor is reflected in the adopted budget tables.
- Uses the adopted budget fund-type summary table. The budget overview narrative separately cites a higher pre-vacancy all-funds expenditure figure; that caveat is preserved in the dataset notes. The Mountain View adopted budget PDF was manually saved locally because scripted downloads from the city-hosted PDF URL returned HTTP 403 during source audit. The Capital Improvement Program section was present, but no stable category rollup table was clearly extractable from parsed text; projects_category_summary is intentionally empty for this first pass. Mountain View OpenGov/Open Budget exists as an official transparency tool, but public row-level extraction was not proven for this build; numeric artifacts rely on the locally saved adopted budget PDF. Revenue comparison rows come from the General Operating Fund forecast table on page 3-11. They are not all-funds category comparisons. Department trend data is a three-point published trend (2023/24 audited, 2024/25 adopted, 2025/26 adopted), not a true five-year department trend. The budget overview presents total all-funds expenditures as $654.3M before the projected vacancy factor, while the adopted fund-type summary totals $642.5M after the projected vacancy factor is reflected in the adopted budget tables.
- Compares FY 2024/25 adopted budget to FY 2025/26 adopted budget using the published department total table. The Mountain View adopted budget PDF was manually saved locally because scripted downloads from the city-hosted PDF URL returned HTTP 403 during source audit. The Capital Improvement Program section was present, but no stable category rollup table was clearly extractable from parsed text; projects_category_summary is intentionally empty for this first pass. Mountain View OpenGov/Open Budget exists as an official transparency tool, but public row-level extraction was not proven for this build; numeric artifacts rely on the locally saved adopted budget PDF. Revenue comparison rows come from the General Operating Fund forecast table on page 3-11. They are not all-funds category comparisons. Department trend data is a three-point published trend (2023/24 audited, 2024/25 adopted, 2025/26 adopted), not a true five-year department trend. The budget overview presents total all-funds expenditures as $654.3M before the projected vacancy factor, while the adopted fund-type summary totals $642.5M after the projected vacancy factor is reflected in the adopted budget tables.
- This dataset is a three-point published trend (2023/24 audited, 2024/25 adopted, 2025/26 adopted), not a true five-year department trend. The Mountain View adopted budget PDF was manually saved locally because scripted downloads from the city-hosted PDF URL returned HTTP 403 during source audit. The Capital Improvement Program section was present, but no stable category rollup table was clearly extractable from parsed text; projects_category_summary is intentionally empty for this first pass. Mountain View OpenGov/Open Budget exists as an official transparency tool, but public row-level extraction was not proven for this build; numeric artifacts rely on the locally saved adopted budget PDF. Revenue comparison rows come from the General Operating Fund forecast table on page 3-11. They are not all-funds category comparisons. Department trend data is a three-point published trend (2023/24 audited, 2024/25 adopted, 2025/26 adopted), not a true five-year department trend. The budget overview presents total all-funds expenditures as $654.3M before the projected vacancy factor, while the adopted fund-type summary totals $642.5M after the projected vacancy factor is reflected in the adopted budget tables.
Sources and official documents
FY 2025/26 Adopted Budget PDF
Section: Operating Budget PDF
Fiscal year: FY 2025/26
Column used: fy-2025-2026-adopted-budget.pdf
Notes: Local PDF artifact imported from /Users/Gumby/Projects/civicpulse/tmp/budget/mountainview/source/fy-2025-2026-adopted-budget.pdf. Document title: City of Mountain View, California Operating Budget Fiscal Year 2025-26. The Mountain View adopted budget PDF was manually saved locally because scripted downloads from the city-hosted PDF URL returned HTTP 403 during source audit. The Capital Improvement Program section was present, but no stable category rollup table was clearly extractable from parsed text; projects_category_summary is intentionally empty for this first pass. Mountain View OpenGov/Open Budget exists as an official transparency tool, but public row-level extraction was not proven for this build; numeric artifacts rely on the locally saved adopted budget PDF. Revenue comparison rows come from the General Operating Fund forecast table on page 3-11. They are not all-funds category comparisons. Department trend data is a three-point published trend (2023/24 audited, 2024/25 adopted, 2025/26 adopted), not a true five-year department trend. The budget overview presents total all-funds expenditures as $654.3M before the projected vacancy factor, while the adopted fund-type summary totals $642.5M after the projected vacancy factor is reflected in the adopted budget tables.
Mountain View current city budget page
Section: Official budget page
Fiscal year: FY 2025/26
Column used: official_budget_page
Notes: Reference only.
Mountain View Open Budget page
Section: Official Open Budget page
Fiscal year: FY 2025/26
Column used: official_open_budget_page
Notes: Reference only. OpenGov exists as an official transparency tool, but public row-level extraction was not proven for this import.
Relevant printed pages in the adopted budget PDF
Section: Relevant printed pages
Fiscal year: FY 2025/26
Column used: page_references
Notes: Printed page references: {"budgetOverviewNarrative":"1-13","allFundsSummaryCharts":"1-14","totalExpendituresByFundType":"1-52","totalDepartmentExpenditures":"1-53","generalOperatingFundForecast":"3-11","capitalImprovementProgramIntro":"6-1"}.