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.
San Clemente scores 0 points higher than Newport Beach primarily because it shows better source transparency, lighter public burden, leaner spending allocation.
Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.
San Clemente leads by 34 points on public burden.
San Clemente leads by 28 points on spending efficiency.
San Clemente
66
/100
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Confidence: Limited
Reserves are trending upward
San Clemente shows an improving reserve direction versus recent years.
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 | San Clemente | Newport Beach |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 66/100 | 66/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 16.0% | 0.0% |
| Top vendor share | 14.0% | 29.6% |
| Budget growth YoY | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| Budget per resident | $2,108 | $5,254 |
| Confidence | Limited | High |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
San Clemente 79 • Newport Beach 70
San Clemente: Improving reserves and 4.1% budget growth shape this pillar.
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
San Clemente 94 • Newport Beach 66
San Clemente: 16.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
San Clemente 31 • Newport Beach 87
San Clemente: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
San Clemente 78 • Newport Beach 50
San Clemente: 14.0% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Newport Beach: 29.6% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Trend / Anomaly
San Clemente 85 • Newport Beach 61
San Clemente: Community Services is the biggest growth area at 9.7%.
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Public Burden
San Clemente 91 • Newport Beach 57
San Clemente: $2,107 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.
San Clemente
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.