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City of Watsonville

Final budget, FY 2026-27 (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027)

From the City's "Budget FY 26-27 Final" document. Its tables label the FY 2026-27 column "Proposed 2026-27".

Total appropriations, all funds

$311.4M

Includes wastewater, water, solid waste, the airport and grants.

City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 6

General Fund, including Measure R

$83.1M

General Fund $73,989,499 plus the Measure R fund $9,070,272 (p. 5).

City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 13

General Fund revenue, including Measure R

$65.5M

City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 11

Capital projects paid from the General Fund

$20.0M

City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 13

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Where the General Fund's money comes from

Total $65.5M

  • Sales taxes (incl. Measure R)$22.2M (33.9%)
  • Property taxes$16.6M (25.4%)
  • Other taxes (utility users, hotel, franchise, business license)$8.2M (12.6%)
  • Charges for services$6.2M (9.5%)
  • Transfers in/out$4.6M (7.1%)
  • Use of money and property$4.2M (6.4%)
  • Other charges and fees$1.2M (1.8%)
  • Miscellaneous$878K (1.3%)
  • Fines and forfeitures$597K (0.9%)
  • Licenses and permits$433K (0.7%)
  • Federal funding$120K (0.2%)
  • State funding$114K (0.2%)

Source: City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 7–11

Where the General Fund's money goes

Total $83.1M

  • Police (incl. animal shelter)$26.8M (32.2%)
  • Capital projects$20.0M (24.1%)
  • Fire$9.8M (11.8%)
  • Parks and Community Services$9.4M (11.3%)
  • General Government (Council, City Manager, HR)$3.7M (4.4%)
  • Community Development$3.1M (3.8%)
  • Non-departmental (incl. social service grants)$3.0M (3.6%)
  • Public Works (streets, sidewalks, buildings)$2.5M (3.0%)
  • Finance and Purchasing$2.2M (2.7%)
  • City Clerk and City Attorney$1.6M (1.9%)
  • Library$982K (1.2%)
  • Risk management$25K (0.0%)

Source: City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 12–13

Largest funds (all appropriations)

Total $311.4M

  • General Fund$74.0M (23.8%)
  • Wastewater$60.6M (19.5%)
  • Water$40.5M (13.0%)
  • Special grants$31.3M (10.1%)
  • Solid waste$22.8M (7.3%)
  • Health insurance fund$11.9M (3.8%)
  • Measure R (sales tax)$9.1M (2.9%)
  • Workers' comp and liability$7.2M (2.3%)
  • Measure Y (sales tax)$6.4M (2.0%)
  • Measure D (transportation)$5.9M (1.9%)
  • Airport$5.3M (1.7%)
  • Information technology$5.1M (1.6%)
  • All other funds$31.4M (10.1%)

Source: City of Watsonville Budget FY 26-27 Final, p. 5–6

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Every figure is taken from City of Watsonville's own budget documents and was checked against the source page on 2026-09-22. All of this budget's documents