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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
Read Mayor Fred Keeley's Message on the FY 2026 budget in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on June 28, 2026 here.
The Finance Department hosted a Budget Webinar on 5/21/25 to share information about the proposed fiscal year 2026 Annual Budget and to guide participants on possible ways to use our interactive budget tool. Click here to view the webinar.
Explore an interactive version of the FY 2026 Adopted Budget by clicking on this link.
FY 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET
FY 2026 Adopted Budget Document (one PDF file)
Introduction
Title page-City Council
GFOA Distinguished Budget Award
City of Santa Cruz Organization Chart
Administrative Staff and Board, Commission and Committee Chairpersons
Guide to the Document
Budget Discussion
City Manager's Budget Message
General Fund Financial Outlook
Primary General Fund Budget and General Revenues
Citywide Guiding Framework, including:
Citywide Strategic Plan
Climate Action Plan
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Health in All Policies
Budget in Brief
Financial Summaries
Fund Balance Projection
Explanation of Change in Fund Balance
Audited Net Position of Enterprise Funds, including:
Differences Between ACFR and Budget Actuals
Summary of Projected Revenues and Other Financing Sources
Summary of Projected Expenditures and Other Financing Uses
Revenues and Other Financing Sources – Primary General Fund
Operating Expenditures by Department – Primary General Fund
Summary of Transfers
Personnel
Personnel Profile – Overview of Changes
Personnel Authorization
Department Summaries
Guide to the Department Summaries
City Attorney
City Council
City Manager
Homelessness Response Team
Economic Development and Housing
Finance
Fire
Human Resources
Information Technology
Library
Parks and Recreation
Planning and Community Development
Police
Public Works - City/General Funds
Public Works - Enterprise Funds
Water
Overview of Financial and Budgetary Policies
Capital Investment Program (CIP)
Guide to the CIP
Projects that Support the Climate Action Plan and Climate Adaption Plan
General Fund CIP Priority Criteria
Unfunded and Underfunded CIP List
Project Maps of Existing Projects
Projects Summarized by Department/Fund and FY 2026 Fact Sheets
Economic Development and Housing CIP
Fire CIP
Information Technology CIP
Parks and Recreation CIP
Public Works CIP
Water CIP
Appendices
Budget Adoption Resolution
Proposition 4 Appropriations Limit (Gann) Resolution
Debt Service and Pension Obligations
Legal Debt Limit
Acronyms
Glossary