City Comparison
This view is for fair benchmarking, not leaderboard theater. The comparison badge reflects whether the cities are actually similar enough for a strong side-by-side read.
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.
Aliso Viejo
66
/100
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Confidence: Limited
Some evidence is still low-confidence
0 source documents still need review, which limits precision.
Budget growth remains near peer range
5.0% year-over-year growth is not a major outlier within the peer set.
Newport Beach
66
/100
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Confidence: High
Reserves are trending upward
Newport Beach shows an improving reserve direction versus recent years.
Vendor concentration is elevated
29.6% of tracked payments flow to the top vendor, which is above the peer median.
Consulting spend is rising faster than staffing
Outside services growth leads staffing by 13.1 points.
Default metrics favor per-resident or share-of-budget framing over raw dollars.
| 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 |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Aliso Viejo 71 • Newport Beach 70
Aliso Viejo: Stable reserves and 5.0% budget growth shape this pillar.
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Aliso Viejo 95 • Newport Beach 66
Aliso Viejo: 18.6% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Aliso Viejo 31 • Newport Beach 87
Aliso Viejo: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Aliso Viejo 94 • Newport Beach 50
Aliso Viejo: 16.8% top-vendor share and 0 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Newport Beach: 29.6% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Trend / Anomaly
Aliso Viejo 82 • Newport Beach 61
Aliso Viejo: Technology Programs is the biggest growth area at 11.4%.
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Public Burden
Aliso Viejo 83 • Newport Beach 57
Aliso Viejo: $2,692 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
Newport Beach: $5,254 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
This chart highlights whether the overall budget trend and outside-services growth are moving together.
Aliso Viejo
Limited source coverage means the score is heavily compressed toward neutral and should be treated as directional.
Newport Beach
3 machine-readable documents and 1 evidence-linked findings back this score.