City government · Marin County, CA

San Rafael's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), San Rafael took in $157 million and spent $154 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes59%Fees for services (parking, parks and recreation)20%Federal tax money10%State tax money6.7%Fines and other3.3%County and local tax money0.8%

What stands out

32%

of San Rafael's money comes from sales tax.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.8%.

City taxes59%

Sales tax
32%$50.1 million
Property tax
16%$24.7 million
Other taxes
11%$17.9 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 3 more
  • Other licenses$5.7 million
  • Public utility taxes$4.2 million
  • Other selective sales taxes$3.0 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$2.6 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$2.5 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services20%

Fees for services
20%$30.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parking and 2 more
  • Other service charges$21.6 million
  • Parking$3.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$3.6 million
  • Road charges$1.8 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money10%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
10%$16.2 million

State tax money6.7%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
6.7%$10.5 million

County and local tax money0.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.8%$1.3 million

Fines and other3.3%

Interest, rents and other
3.1%$4.9 million
Fines
0.2%$298 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails38%Roads, transit and parking31%Running the government and other costs16%Parks, recreation and libraries7.5%Health and hospitals5.9%All other spending2.4%

What stands out

31%

of San Rafael's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
38%$58.1 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$31.4 million
  • Fire protection$22.8 million
  • Inspections and regulation$2.9 million
  • Courts and legal services$977 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
31%$47.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$45.8 million
  • Parking$1.9 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$24.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$20.2 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$3.3 million
  • Other and not broken out$726 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.5%$11.6 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$7.4 million
  • Libraries$4.2 million
Health and hospitals
5.9%$9.1 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$9.1 million
Interest on debt
1.6%$2.5 million
Sent to other local governments
0.8%$1.2 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$1.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$171 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of San Rafael. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of San Rafael itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.