City Profile • Orange County

Irvine, CA

This page gives a plain-English view of where public money goes in Irvine. Every signal should be checked against source records.

Budget change this year: 40.4%

Years indexed: FY2024-FY2027

Total payments in sample: $758,550

Contracts tracked: 2 (4 amendments)

Last refresh: 2026-03-16

Pattern-based indicator, not a legal conclusion.

Budget growth rate

9.6%

Public Safety Operations

How fast this city's budget is growing compared with last year.

Spend variance

3.3%

Allocated vs actual

How different real spending was from the planned budget.

Vendor concentration score

15.1%

Top vendor share

How much spending goes to a small group of vendors.

Procurement risk score

54/100

Moderate

A simple watch score based on growth, variance, and concentration patterns.

Flagged findings

1

Pattern-based indicators

How many patterns looked unusual enough to review.

Contract amendment frequency

4

Total amendments

How often contracts needed changes after they were awarded.

Overview AI Summary Payments Contracts Findings Documents

Overview: budget trend

Allocated vs actual spending by fiscal year.

Top vendors in this city

These vendors received the largest payment totals in our current records.

West Coast Fleet Services LLC$388,750 Harbor Data Systems$194,500 Regional Utility Maintenance$175,300

AI summary and what to check next

Some patterns look unusual and should be clarified in public meetings.

Budget growth trend

40.4%

Fast growth can be valid, but should map to clear service improvements.

Consulting vs staffing gap

3.5 pts

A widening gap may indicate increasing dependency on outside contracts.

Budget vs actual variance

3.3%

Higher variance can signal planning drift or cost pressure.

Top vendor concentration

15.1%

Concentrated spend can be legitimate but deserves procurement transparency.

This detector estimates inquiry risk, not legal wrongdoing. Always verify with source documents and official responses.

AI overview summary

Plain-language summary with source links so you can verify each claim.

Payments

Recent payment records by date, amount, and department.

Date	Amount	Vendor	Department	Status
2026-01-30	$194,500	Harbor Data Systems	IT Services	Stable
2026-01-18	$388,750	West Coast Fleet Services LLC	Transportation	Review
2026-02-15	$175,300	Regional Utility Maintenance	Parks	Stable

Department spending

Where most of the money went in this sample.

Transportation$388,750

IT Services$194,500

Parks$175,300

Contracts

Award details, bid type, and amendment counts.

Digital Permitting Platform Modernization • Open bid • 1 amendments Fleet Lifecycle Maintenance Program • Cooperative • 3 amendments

Findings to review

These are unusual patterns that may need explanation. They are not legal conclusions.

2026-01-18 • $388,750 • Quarterly preventative maintenance package

Evidence documents

Open the source files behind this city profile.

FY 2023-25 Adopted Budget • FY2025 FY 2025-27 Adopted Budget Book • FY2027

Web-discovered budget links

Light crawl from city budget pages to find additional fiscal years and files.