City comparison

Compare local governments on scores, budget movement, and confidence.

This view favors fair benchmarking over leaderboard theater. Use it to understand which city record is stronger, weaker, or simply better sourced.

Primary city

Westminster Anaheim Irvine Newport Beach Laguna Niguel Placentia San Clemente Aliso Viejo

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Westminster Anaheim Irvine Newport Beach Laguna Niguel Placentia San Clemente Cypress

Reasonable comparison

This is directionally useful, but structural and data-coverage differences still matter.

Aliso Viejo scores 0 points higher than Newport Beach primarily because it shows better source transparency, lower vendor concentration risk, leaner spending allocation.

Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.

Aliso Viejo leads by 44 points on vendor risk.

Aliso Viejo leads by 29 points on spending efficiency.

Score and metric comparison

City comparison still uses the procurement-aware model while the state side stays budget-first.

Open Aliso Viejo dashboard

Metric	Aliso Viejo	Newport Beach
GovMatrix score	66/100	66/100
Administrative overhead	18.6%	0.0%
Top vendor share	16.8%	29.6%
Budget growth YoY	5.0%	6.6%
Budget per resident	$2,692	$5,254
Confidence	Limited	High