Revenue · FY2026
Where the money comes from
Berkeley budgeted $311.9M in General Fund revenue for FY2026, including transfers from other funds. By the halfway point of the year, about half had arrived. That's on pace.
Revenue by group
- Property tax33%
- Property transfer tax10%
- Business license tax8%
- Transfers in8%
- Fees, fines & charges8%
- Vehicle in-lieu (state)6%
- Utility users tax6%
- Sales tax6%
- Interest4%
- Hotel & short-term rental3%
- Everything else8%
Grouped from 24 line items in the city's mid-year report. Hover or focus a block for its line items.
Every line item
- Secured Property Tax$95.2MReceived by mid-year: 50%Vs. last year: +4%
- Supplemental Taxes$3.4MReceived by mid-year: 20%Vs. last year: -6%
- Unsecured Property Taxes$5.0MReceived by mid-year: 89%Vs. last year: +7%
- Property Transfer Tax$22.0MReceived by mid-year: 64%Vs. last year: +18%
- Property Transfer Tax — Measure P$9.1MReceived by mid-year: 72%Vs. last year: +36%
- Sales Taxes$19.1MReceived by mid-year: 50%Vs. last year: +3%
- Soda Taxes$1.1MReceived by mid-year: 35%Vs. last year: -21%
- Utility Users Taxes$19.4MReceived by mid-year: 43%Vs. last year: -8%
- Transient Occupancy Taxes (net)$6.5MReceived by mid-year: 72%Vs. last year: +31%
- Short-term Rentals$1.4MReceived by mid-year: 46%Vs. last year: -3%
- Business License Tax$24.5MReceived by mid-year: 10%Vs. last year: +75%
- Recreational Cannabis$18KReceived by mid-year: 0%Vs. last year: -100%
- U1 Revenues$6.5MReceived by mid-year: 5%Vs. last year: +133%
- Residential Vacancy Tax (new FY26)$3.5MReceived by mid-year: 10%Vs. last year: new
- Other Taxes (incl. Redemptions)$5.5MReceived by mid-year: 71%Vs. last year: +94%
- Vehicle In-Lieu Taxes (VLF)$20.1MReceived by mid-year: 49%Vs. last year: +4%
- Parking Fines — Regular$5.9MReceived by mid-year: 62%Vs. last year: +25%
- Moving Violations$133KReceived by mid-year: 58%Vs. last year: +6%
- Ambulance Fees$8.9MReceived by mid-year: 52%Vs. last year: +22%
- Interest Income$14.0MReceived by mid-year: 49%Vs. last year: -11%
- Franchise Fees$1.8MReceived by mid-year: 14%Vs. last year: -8%
- Other Revenue$8.0MReceived by mid-year: 58%Vs. last year: +7%
- IDC Reimbursement$7.1MReceived by mid-year: 43%Vs. last year: -5%
- Transfers$23.8MReceived by mid-year: 79%Vs. last year: +797%
- Behind (under 40%)
- On pace (40-60%)
- Ahead (over 60%)
Home sales lifted transfer taxes
Property transfer tax receipts were up 18% on last year at mid-year, and the Measure P share was up 36%.
Timing isn't trouble
Business license tax shows only 10% received by mid-year. A low mid-year number can reflect when a tax is billed, so read it alongside last year's.
A one-off jump in transfers
TransfersTransfers. Money moved between funds. In the GF revenue tab, the large FY26 transfers increase reflects the Successor Agency dissolution and reserve movements. in rose from $2.1M to $18.8M at mid-year, reflecting the Successor Agency wind-down and reserve moves. That money is one-time.