State comparison
This view is designed for fair civic comparison. It shows both fiscal differences and evidence differences so residents can tell whether a “better” state record is actually better sourced.
Primary state
Reasonable comparison
State comparisons currently lean on population and source-coverage similarity.
Virginia and California are using the same dashboard model, but both are still limited by state summary coverage.
Virginia currently has 3 promoted years and 3 parsed docs feeding the record.
California currently has 7 promoted years and 7 parsed docs feeding the record.
Virginia
60
/100
Watchlist
Confidence: High
Current budget figure
$112.7B
FY2027
Evidence depth
3 years
3 parsed • 3 tracked docs
Latest fiscal year
FY2027
Adopted
$112.7B
Actual
$112.7B
What residents would notice first
The state record has enough change or coverage gaps that it deserves active follow-up.
Largest visible bucket
Pending extraction
Pending
Named initiative
Pending extraction
GovMatrix still needs stronger narrative extraction here.
California
66
/100
Watchlist
Confidence: High
Current budget figure
$149.1B
FY2027
Evidence depth
7 years
7 parsed • 7 tracked docs
Latest fiscal year
FY2027
Adopted
$149.1B
Actual
$149.1B
What residents would notice first
The state record has enough change or coverage gaps that it deserves active follow-up.
Largest visible bucket
Pending extraction
Pending
Named initiative
Pending extraction
GovMatrix still needs stronger narrative extraction here.
Compare the budgets themselves, the quality of the evidence, and the parts of the public story GovMatrix can currently explain.
Bars show year-over-year budget change and parsed-document count. This is intentionally simple: evidence depth matters as much as fiscal movement.
| Metric | Virginia | California |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 60/100 | 66/100 |
| Confidence | High | High |
| Budget growth | +13.4% | +8.8% |
| Budget per resident | $13,057 | $3,771 |
| Promoted years | 3 | 7 |
| Parsed docs | 3 | 7 |
| Tracked source docs | 3 | 7 |
| Major services tracked | 0/5 | 0/5 |
| Largest visible bucket | Pending extraction | Pending extraction |
| Strongest visible change | Pending extraction | Pending extraction |
Virginia narrative evidence
California narrative evidence