OK, I finally did what I think is the real, updated math:
According to [1] from 2018, "Roughly
half of the budget consists of self-supporting
activities at the City’s Enterprise departments"
So that leaves $5.5B in General Fund taxes.
According to [2], in 2017 SF had 884,363 residents with 13.4% under 18, so 765,858 adult residents.
$5.5B divided over 765,858 taxpaying adults is $7,181/adult/yr, or just under $600/mo.
You can roll that up into households if you want, but it feels more illustrative to have the number be per taxpaying adult IMO. Having said that, I'll buy your $1,400/household/month number as being basically about right.
I don't disagree with your point about high taxes, but I did want to actually see what the accurate numbers were. Thanks for the interesting discussion.
I'm in LA so I ran the numbers down here for comparison... We turn out to tax at $262/adult/mo, so SF's effective city tax rate is about 2.3x vs Los Angeles.
[1] https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/CSF_Budget_Book_June...
[2] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/sanfranciscocountycaliforn...
According to [1] from 2018, "Roughly half of the budget consists of self-supporting activities at the City’s Enterprise departments"
So that leaves $5.5B in General Fund taxes.
According to [2], in 2017 SF had 884,363 residents with 13.4% under 18, so 765,858 adult residents.
$5.5B divided over 765,858 taxpaying adults is $7,181/adult/yr, or just under $600/mo.
You can roll that up into households if you want, but it feels more illustrative to have the number be per taxpaying adult IMO. Having said that, I'll buy your $1,400/household/month number as being basically about right.
I don't disagree with your point about high taxes, but I did want to actually see what the accurate numbers were. Thanks for the interesting discussion.
I'm in LA so I ran the numbers down here for comparison... We turn out to tax at $262/adult/mo, so SF's effective city tax rate is about 2.3x vs Los Angeles.
[1] https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/CSF_Budget_Book_June...
[2] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/sanfranciscocountycaliforn...