City of Sacramento, California

Overview

For FY 2025/26, the City of Sacramento approved $1,537,138K in current operations appropriations, of which the General Fund accounts for $699,252K and Measure U for $157,399K. Citywide, current resources of $1,566,968K plus $48,168K in other fund sources fall $59,849K short of $1,674,985K in total current requirements (operations plus $137,847K in capital improvements), leaving a printed ending fund balance of $425,656K. The General Fund alone runs a $25,567K surplus on this schedule, ending at a printed $46,817K. Police ($256,281K), Public Works ($237,587K), and Fire ($229,710K) are the three largest operating departments. Total staffing is 4,984.83 FTE.

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget.

At a glance — FY 2025/26

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget.

Current operations by fund group

Fund groups sum exactly to $1,537,138K. The Governmental Funds subtotal is the General Fund plus Measure U.

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget.

Operating budget by department

Operating budget including multi-year operating projects, FY 2025/26 Approved, in thousands. $1K rounding gap disclosed: the eleven Operating Offices departments below sum to $1,270,156K, while the schedule’s printed Operating Offices subtotal is $1,270,155K. This page uses the printed subtotal, and the page total uses printed subtotals throughout.

Other Offices checks exactly: $139,025K + $105,381K − $26,006K = $218,400K. The page total checks on printed subtotals: $9,649K + $38,934K + $1,270,155K + $218,400K = $1,537,138K.

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget.

Citywide resources & requirements

Schedule 2A/2B citywide summary, FY 2025/26 Approved, in thousands. $1K rounding gap disclosed: the walk from the beginning fund balance gives $485,504K − $59,849K = $425,655K, while the schedule’s printed ending fund balance is $425,656K. This page uses the printed total.

The budget message’s rounded All Funds figure of $1,675.0 million matches total current requirements of $1,674,985K. Measure U, for scope only: revenues $135,005K; current operations $157,399K; capital improvements $3,075K; total requirements $160,474K; other sources $378K; deficit $(25,091)K; beginning fund balance $(21,239)K; ending fund balance printed $(46,329)K (the walk gives $(46,330)K, a further $1K rounding gap; the printed total is used).

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget, Schedules 2A/2B.

General Fund

Schedule 2B, General Fund only, FY 2025/26 Approved, in thousands. $1K rounding gap disclosed: the walk from the beginning fund balance gives $21,251K + $25,567K = $46,818K, while the schedule’s printed ending fund balance is $46,817K. This page uses the printed total.

Requirements check exactly: $699,252K + $12,760K = $712,012K. Surplus checks exactly: $703,737K + $33,842K − $712,012K = $25,567K. Do not confuse the General Fund-only $712,012K requirements with the budget message’s rounded $872.5 million figure, which is the Schedule 2C combined General Fund + Measure U total ($872,485K).

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget, Schedule 2B.

Revenues by source

Citywide gross revenues, FY 2025/26 Approved, in thousands. $1K rounding gap disclosed: the eight sources below sum to $1,566,967K, while the schedule’s printed total is $1,566,968K. This page uses the printed total.

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget, Schedule 2A.

Elected officials

From the approved budget book’s title page: Mayor Kevin McCarty; Lisa Kaplan, District 1; Roger Dickinson, District 2; Karina Talamantes, District 3, Vice Mayor; Phil Pluckebaum, District 4; Caity Maple, District 5; Eric Guerra, District 6, Mayor Pro Tem; Rick Jennings, II, District 7; Mai Vang, District 8.

Source: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget, title page.

Sources & notes

• Sources used: City of Sacramento, FY 2025/26 Approved Operating Budget (adopted June 10, 2025, per the City Council record: Council record), schedules in thousands: Approved Operating Budget (PDF).
• Sum checks: fund groups exact ($1,537,138K); Other Offices exact ($218,400K); page total exact on printed subtotals ($1,537,138K); citywide requirements exact ($1,674,985K); citywide deficit exact ($(59,849)K); General Fund requirements exact ($712,012K); General Fund surplus exact ($25,567K); Measure U requirements exact ($160,474K); Measure U deficit exact ($(25,091)K).
• $1K rounding gaps (printed totals used, each disclosed above): Operating Offices department subtotal (components $1,270,156K vs printed $1,270,155K); citywide revenue total (components $1,566,967K vs printed $1,566,968K); citywide ending fund balance (walk $425,655K vs printed $425,656K); General Fund ending fund balance (walk $46,818K vs printed $46,817K); Measure U ending fund balance (walk $(46,330)K vs printed $(46,329)K).
• What is not claimed: no audited actuals (this page is the approved budget, not actuals); no General Fund-only reading of the budget message’s rounded $872.5 million figure (it is the combined General Fund + Measure U total); no official beyond the council list on the book’s title page.
• Photo: no hero photo — no freely-licensed photograph of the City of Sacramento was verified in this pass, so this page ships without one rather than with a substitute.
• Jurisdiction palette: no verified California jurisdiction palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a jurisdiction color.

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