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Better Santa Rosa City

Transparency · Santa Rosa City, Laguna

Sources & Methodology

Community presentation

Where every figure on this site comes from, how it is checked, and the rules that keep this project honest. Nothing here is published without a traceable source, and nothing missing is invented.

Source Hierarchy

When two records disagree, the higher-ranked source wins. We prefer, in order:

  1. Official Santa Rosa City Government
  2. Philippine national government agencies
  3. COA
  4. DBM
  5. Official government datasets
  6. Established institutional/academic sources
  7. Reputable secondary sources

Official government datasets (tier 5) such as census tables, procurement postings, and budget statements are published by the agencies in tiers 2–4 and are cited per record. Every factual dataset on this site records its source.

Methodology

Collection. Every dataset is compiled by hand from public records: full disclosure documents, annual audit reports, census releases, budget statements and the official portals listed in the registry below. There is no automated scraping: a person reads the source document and transcribes what it actually says.

Verification. Each record carries a lastVerified date, the day it was last checked against its source. The freshness badges shown across the site are computed from that date, so a stale record is visibly stale rather than silently wrong.

Honesty rules. Missing data is marked, never fabricated. Where a source does not provide a field, the record says “Data not available in the source reviewed.” Broken original links are labeled “Original source currently unavailable,” and figures that may have aged are marked “Needs verification.”

Coverage. No dataset here claims to be complete. Each declares what period and scope it covers, and known gaps are stated on the page rather than footnoted away. If a figure matters to you, verify it against the original document. That is what the links are for.

Source Registry

14 registered sources

City Government (LGU)

Tier 1 · 4 sourcesOfficial source

National Government Agencies

Tier 2 · 4 sourcesOfficial source

Commission on Audit

Tier 3 · 1 sourceOfficial source

Department of Budget & Management

Tier 4 · 1 sourceOfficial source

Institutional & Academic

Tier 6 · 1 sourceExternal source

Secondary Sources

Tier 7 · 3 sourcesExternal source

Trust & Transparency

The project itself must be transparent. Every dataset on this site answers five questions:

  • Where did this come from?

    Every record carries a source citation naming the document or portal it was taken from, with a link to the original where one is published.

  • When was it last checked?

    Every record carries a lastVerified date, the day it was last compared against the source. Freshness badges flag records due for re-checking.

  • What period does it cover?

    Each dataset declares its coverage: the fiscal years, census rounds or term periods its records span.

  • Is it complete?

    Gaps are marked, never filled in. Records missing a field say so explicitly, and datasets that are known to be partial carry a coverage disclaimer.

  • Who maintains this page?

    Independent community volunteers, not the city government. Corrections are welcome through the public GitHub repository.

Label glossary

Official source
Official source
The record is drawn directly from a government document, portal or dataset.
Community presentation
Community presentation
Our own organization or summary of official records: presentation, not endorsement.
External source
External source
The record comes from an institutional or secondary reference outside government.
Last verified
Last verified
The date a record was last checked against its source.
Coverage
The period and scope a dataset spans (which fiscal years, census rounds, terms or barangays) and any known gaps in it.

An independent project

Better Santa Rosa City is an independent, community-maintained public-information project. It is not affiliated with, operated by, or endorsed by the City Government of Santa Rosa or any government agency, and nothing here implies official endorsement. Official municipal services and documents remain at santarosacity.gov.ph.