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.
Newport Beach scores 4 points higher than Laguna Niguel primarily because it shows better source transparency, lighter public burden, lower vendor concentration risk.
Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.
Laguna Niguel leads by 36 points on public burden.
Laguna Niguel leads by 23 points on vendor risk.
Laguna Niguel
62
/100
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Confidence: Limited
Vendor concentration is elevated
25.2% 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 10.5 points.
Some evidence is still low-confidence
0 source documents still need review, which limits precision.
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 | Laguna Niguel | Newport Beach |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 62/100 | 66/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 24.7% | 0.0% |
| Top vendor share | 25.2% | 29.6% |
| Budget growth YoY | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| Budget per resident | $2,263 | $5,254 |
| Confidence | Limited | High |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Laguna Niguel 72 • Newport Beach 70
Laguna Niguel: Stable reserves and 6.8% budget growth shape this pillar.
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Laguna Niguel 80 • Newport Beach 66
Laguna Niguel: 24.7% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Laguna Niguel 31 • Newport Beach 87
Laguna Niguel: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Laguna Niguel 73 • Newport Beach 50
Laguna Niguel: 25.2% 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
Laguna Niguel 74 • Newport Beach 61
Laguna Niguel: Public Safety is the biggest growth area at 14.8%.
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Public Burden
Laguna Niguel 93 • Newport Beach 57
Laguna Niguel: $2,263 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.
Laguna Niguel
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.