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.
Strong comparison
Population size, geography, and source coverage make this a strong like-for-like comparison.
Westminster scores 0 points higher than Newport Beach primarily because it shows better source transparency, fewer anomaly signals, lighter public burden.
Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.
Westminster leads by 28 points on trend / anomaly.
Westminster leads by 26 points on public burden.
Westminster
66
/100
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Confidence: Limited
Reserves are trending upward
Westminster 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
3.2% 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 | Westminster | Newport Beach |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 66/100 | 66/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 24.7% | 0.0% |
| Top vendor share | 14.0% | 29.6% |
| Budget growth YoY | 3.2% | 6.6% |
| Budget per resident | $1,471 | $5,254 |
| Confidence | Limited | High |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Westminster 82 • Newport Beach 70
Westminster: Improving reserves and 3.2% budget growth shape this pillar.
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Westminster 90 • Newport Beach 66
Westminster: 24.7% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Westminster 31 • Newport Beach 87
Westminster: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Westminster 73 • Newport Beach 50
Westminster: 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
Westminster 89 • Newport Beach 61
Westminster: Public Works is the biggest growth area at 8.0%.
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Public Burden
Westminster 83 • Newport Beach 57
Westminster: $1,470 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.
Westminster
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.