Santa Rosa finished 2025 ahead of full cost
Revenue exceeded the full cost of running the city by 2.4%, a decline from recent years. The latest figure is partial because some cost components weren't available for this year.
Full-cost gap by year
Share of annual revenueAbove zero means revenue covered the measured full cost; below zero means it did not.
The General Fund collected $237.4M
Sales taxes supplied the largest share of General Fund revenue (29.1%).
- Per resident
- $1,337
- From taxes
- 74.8%
- Sales taxes29.1%
- Other taxes22.2%
- Property taxes17.2%
- Other revenue31.5%
The General Fund spent $231.5M
Police and Fire accounted for 60.4% of spending. Every other department shared the remaining 39.6%.
- Per resident
- $1,304
- Police34.1%
- Fire26.3%
- All other departments39.6%
Actual spending was $3.9M below the adopted budget. That variance was spread across several departments.
The city held 7.3 months of spending in reserve
The source data classifies that level as green, and the recent direction was declining.
Important context: Santa Rosa’s unrestricted financial position was a deficit of $146.0M, or $823 per resident. Reserves and unrestricted position measure different parts of fiscal health, so both matter.