This is a list of operating departments and programs in the City Organization. Links are provided where web content is available.

• Airports
• Auditor & Comptroller
• Budget
• Business Office
• Cable TV Program (CityTV24)
• Citizens' Assistance
• City Clerk
• City Planning & Community Investment
• Commission for Arts and Culture
• Community Service Centers
• Community Services
• Corporate Partnership Program
• Customer Services
• Debt Management
• Development Services
• Endowment Program
• Engineering & Capital Projects
• Environmental Services
• Equal Opportunity Contracting
• Ethics Commission
• Facilities Maintenance
• Financial Management
• Fire-Rescue Department
• General Services
• Human Relations Commission
• Independent Budget Analyst (IBA)
• Library
• Lifeguard Services
• Managed Competition Independent Review Board (MCIRB)
• Metropolitan Wastewater
• Neighborhood Code Compliance
• Office of the CIO
• Office of Ethics and Integrity (OEI)
• Office of Homeland Security
• Office of Protocol
• Park and Recreation
• Parking Management
• Personnel
• Philanthropy Center
• Police
• Purchasing
• Real Estate Assets
• Risk Management
• San Diego Family Justice Center
• Special Events
• Stadium
• Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program
• Street Division
• Treasurer
• Volunteer Program
• Water