Newport Beach Announces Budget Portal

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Do you know where your tax dollars are going? The City of Newport Beach does.

Newport Beach recently launched a new open-budget portal to provide citizens an in-depth and friendly view of the City's financial data.

The online portal provides a look at the City’s budget, expenditures and the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), which can be viewed by visiting newportbeachca.gov/budget.

“This new tool opens the City’s ledgers for our citizens to see where their taxpayer dollars are going,” Mayor Kevin Muldoon explained. “This is an important milestone for the City’s continued efforts in providing and improving transparency in government.”

The site provides users the ability to view the City’s financial data, which can be displayed in a table, chart or graph format.

The interactive features allow for searching by departmental or other types of budget categories. The CIP portion of the site organizes information by funding category, funding source or by project. Users will also find project photos, the current phase of the project and a map showing the project’s location. (See the following pages for screenshots of the site.)

The immediate goals are for increased transparency, accountability and efficiency of City operations while providing responsive services to our citizens. Now, the City’s financial data joins the other online public records. The City is excited to announce this launch. We encourage our community members to use the portal and we welcome feedback on ways the site can be improved.

For more information about the City’s financial open-budget portal, please contact Steve Montano, deputy finance director, at smontano@newportbeachca.gov or 949-644-3127.