BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Now that the city of Bakersfield’s financial budget has been approved and adopted for fiscal year 2026-2027, 17 News is breaking down what the new funding means for city departments and programs.

Just under $1 billion — $926,782,551 to be exact — will go toward funding 15 different divisions of the city this upcoming fiscal year.

Several city departments will see a change in funding, with some branches of the city slated for changes to their annually allowances. Some of the funding shift are marginal compared to last year with only a few thousand dollars difference, while a handful of departments will see their funding increase by over 20%.

The 15 city departments are for the mayor and city council, city management, the city’s attorney, human resources, technology services, finance, fire, police, public works, parks and recreation, development services, economic and community development, water resources, non-departmental and debt services and a pool for other funds.

By the numbers

Majority of the city’s top 15 departments will see an increase in funding for the 2026-2027 fiscal year — ranging between marginal 0.39% increases, all the way to one department who will see their budget go up by 72.57%.

The departments slated to receive the most money next fiscal includes the city manager’s office for $61.87 million, the police department for $201.6 million and public works for $296.1 million.

Departments with the smallest budgets will be the mayor and city council with about $692,733 — a 10.82% increase from the prior year — and the finance department with a budget of about $5.54 million, marking a 0.43% decrease.

With the new budget for each department being announced, the budget for the city’s general fund has been published as well.

According to documentation published by the city, the general fund will have about $441.7 million in revenue for fiscal year 2026-2027.

The two largest slices of the general fund’s revenue will come from property taxes and public safety and vital services sales taxes — about 28.94% and 22.88% of the total pool of money in total.

The portions of the general fund that bring in the least amount of revenue are the intergovernmental and fines and forfeits sections, which will bring in about $3,797,400 to the fund collectively, or about 0.86%.

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