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.
Weak comparison
Use this comparison carefully because size or source-coverage differences limit fairness.
Newport Beach scores 4 points higher than Anaheim primarily because it shows better source transparency, lower vendor concentration risk, fewer anomaly signals.
Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.
Anaheim leads by 44 points on vendor risk.
Anaheim leads by 25 points on trend / anomaly.
Anaheim
62
/100
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Confidence: Limited
Administrative overhead is elevated
41.2% of tracked spend sits in administrative functions, above the peer baseline.
Some evidence is still low-confidence
0 source documents still need review, which limits precision.
Budget growth remains near peer range
4.1% 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 | Anaheim | Newport Beach |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 62/100 | 66/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 41.2% | 0.0% |
| Top vendor share | 16.8% | 29.6% |
| Budget growth YoY | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| Budget per resident | $941 | $5,254 |
| Confidence | Limited | High |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Anaheim 75 • Newport Beach 70
Anaheim: Stable reserves and 4.1% budget growth shape this pillar.
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Anaheim 52 • Newport Beach 66
Anaheim: 41.2% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Anaheim 31 • Newport Beach 87
Anaheim: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Anaheim 94 • Newport Beach 50
Anaheim: 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
Anaheim 86 • Newport Beach 61
Anaheim: Community Services is the biggest growth area at 9.7%.
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Public Burden
Anaheim 75 • Newport Beach 57
Anaheim: $940 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.
Anaheim
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.