Current budget figure
$1.8B
FY2025
Promoted from linked city budget documents in GovMatrix storage.
City overview
Irvine
Budget, score drivers, procurement context, and source documents in one place.
Peer group: mid-size CA municipalitiesComparison quality: ReasonableModel: score_v2
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Budget per resident
$5,805
Based on the current budget figure
Top vendor share
15.1%
Share of tracked payments tied to the largest vendors
Jurisdiction score
73
/100
Stable
Confidence: High
Top-level judgment
Mostly stable, but a few spending or procurement patterns deserve follow-up.
GovMatrix compares Irvine against mid-size CA municipalities and compresses the displayed score when source confidence is lower.
Confidence adjustment
Raw model score: 73.1
2 machine-readable documents and 1 evidence-linked findings back this score.
Main reasons
Reserve trend is moving the wrong way
Reserve direction is declining, which reduces buffer room if revenue slows.
Source coverage is strong
2 documents are parsed and linked into the score context.
Per-resident burden sits above peers
$5,804 per resident is above the peer midpoint.
Financial Stability
53
/100
Irvine shows declining reserves, with the adopted budget changing 40.4% year over year.
Spending Efficiency
80
/100
Administrative overhead is 0.0%, and consulting spend is moving faster than staffing in the current model.
Transparency
82
/100
2 of 2 source documents are parsed cleanly enough to use directly in the dataset.
Vendor Risk
91
/100
The largest vendors account for 15.1% of tracked payments, and 0 no-bid contracts show up in the current records.
Trend / Anomaly
75
/100
Public Safety Operations is the biggest growth area, up 9.6% from the prior year.
Public Burden
46
/100
The current adopted budget works out to about $5,804 per resident.
Provenance
Every conclusion should be traceable
Source coverage
2 documents
2 parsed, 0 OCR-only, 0 review-needed
Last updated 2026-03-16
Evidence links
1 findings
Findings stay tied to source documents or parsed budget lines.
2 machine-readable documents and 1 evidence-linked findings back this score.
Resident brief
What this budget says
Source-backed summary
Quick read
Mostly stable, but a few spending or procurement patterns deserve follow-up.
GovMatrix compares Irvine against mid-size CA municipalities and compresses the displayed score when source confidence is lower.
What stands out
Peer group: mid-size CA municipalities
Benchmarked against 6 nearest jurisdictions using population, geography, and source coverage.
Reserve trend: Declining
Reserve direction is used as the durability proxy in the current financial stability model.
Budget-to-actual variance: 3.3%
Higher variance can indicate planning drift or year-end pressure.
Composite scores
What needs follow-up
What reserve policy is the city targeting, and why did reserves not improve this year?
mediumReserve direction is one of the clearest signals residents can ask about in open session.
Which categories drove the biggest gap between plan and actual spending?
mediumBudget-to-actual drift is where broad totals turn into specific management decisions.
Why does this city spend differently from its nearest peers on administration and contracted work?
mediumA peer comparison forces officials to explain whether the difference is structural or discretionary.
Vendor and procurement pressure
West Coast Fleet Services LLC accounts for the largest share of tracked payments.
Top vendor share: 15.1%
West Coast Fleet Services LLC
51.2% of top-vendor tracked spend • 1 contracts
$388,750
Harbor Data Systems
25.6% of top-vendor tracked spend • 1 contracts
$194,500
Regional Utility Maintenance
23.1% of top-vendor tracked spend • 0 contracts
$175,300
What deserves a closer look
Start with the questions, then review the signals behind them.
What reserve policy is the city targeting, and why did reserves not improve this year?
Reserve direction is one of the clearest signals residents can ask about in open session.
Which categories drove the biggest gap between plan and actual spending?
Budget-to-actual drift is where broad totals turn into specific management decisions.
Why does this city spend differently from its nearest peers on administration and contracted work?
A peer comparison forces officials to explain whether the difference is structural or discretionary.
Transportation: Quarterly preventative maintenance package
Trend context
Public Safety Operations increased 9.6%, while One-time Capital Projects moved -4.7%.
Budget allocation with context
Toggle between share of budget, per-resident impact, and year-over-year change.
Extracted mix
$0.0B
Tracked category total
Largest visible bucket
Fleet
51.2% of total
Fleet
$388,750
51.2% of total
Technology
$194,500
25.6% of total
Maintenance
$175,300
23.1% of total
Key normalized metrics
Per-resident and coverage-aware framing matters more than raw totals.
Tracked spend per resident
$2
Coverage-adjusted lens
Budget growth
40.4%
Year-over-year change in the latest comparable budget
Coverage confidence
High
2 parsed, 0 OCR-only, 0 review-needed
Peer view
Compare with similar states
Population and evidence depth shape this peer group so the comparison stays useful.
Santa Ana70/100
Status: Stable
Admin: 21.0%
Vendor: 22.4%
Budget: -0.7%
Anaheim62/100
Status: Watchlist
Admin: 41.2%
Vendor: 16.8%
Budget: 4.1%
Westminster66/100
Status: Watchlist
Admin: 24.7%
Vendor: 14.0%
Budget: 3.2%
Newport Beach66/100
Status: Watchlist
Admin: 0.0%
Vendor: 29.6%
Budget: 6.6%
Laguna Niguel62/100
Status: Watchlist
Admin: 24.7%
Vendor: 25.2%
Budget: 6.8%
San Clemente66/100
Status: Watchlist
Admin: 16.0%
Vendor: 14.0%
Budget: 4.1%