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.
Santa Ana scores 4 points higher than Aliso Viejo primarily because it shows better source transparency, lower vendor concentration risk, fewer anomaly signals.
Santa Ana leads by 56 points on transparency.
Aliso Viejo leads by 33 points on vendor risk.
Aliso Viejo leads by 28 points on trend / anomaly.
Santa Ana
70
/100
Stable
Confidence: High
Reserves are trending upward
Santa Ana shows an improving reserve direction versus recent years.
Vendor concentration is elevated
22.4% 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 12.4 points.
Aliso Viejo
66
/100
Watchlist
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.
Default metrics favor per-resident or share-of-budget framing over raw dollars.
| Metric | Santa Ana | Aliso Viejo |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 70/100 | 66/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 21.0% | 18.6% |
| Top vendor share | 22.4% | 16.8% |
| Budget growth YoY | -0.7% | 5.0% |
| Budget per resident | $2,752 | $2,692 |
| Confidence | High | Limited |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Santa Ana 68 • Aliso Viejo 71
Santa Ana: Improving reserves and -0.7% budget growth shape this pillar.
Aliso Viejo: Stable reserves and 5.0% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Santa Ana 77 • Aliso Viejo 95
Santa Ana: 21.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Aliso Viejo: 18.6% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Santa Ana 87 • Aliso Viejo 31
Santa Ana: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Aliso Viejo: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Santa Ana 61 • Aliso Viejo 94
Santa Ana: 22.4% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Aliso Viejo: 16.8% top-vendor share and 0 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Trend / Anomaly
Santa Ana 54 • Aliso Viejo 82
Santa Ana: Professional Services is the biggest growth area at 18.4%.
Aliso Viejo: Technology Programs is the biggest growth area at 11.4%.
Public Burden
Santa Ana 82 • Aliso Viejo 83
Santa Ana: $2,751 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
Aliso Viejo: $2,692 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
This chart highlights whether the overall budget trend and outside-services growth are moving together.
Santa Ana
3 machine-readable documents and 2 evidence-linked findings back this score.
Aliso Viejo
Limited source coverage means the score is heavily compressed toward neutral and should be treated as directional.