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- California · San Mateo County
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City of Burlingame: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our October 4, 2026 crawl of burlingame.org(opens in new tab) found 2,374 public documents, about 103,848 pages. 10 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 2,374
- estimated pages
- 103.8K
- checked files passed
- 10 / 50
- crawl date
- Oct 4, 2026
What our crawl found on burlingame.org
Counts from our October 4, 2026 crawl, which visited 712 pages. Our crawler found 2,374 public documents on burlingame.org — an estimated 103,848 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
Documents by category
- Other1,419 · 60%
- Reports404 · 17%
- Agendas & minutes188 · 8%
- Newsletters153 · 6%
- Forms146 · 6%
- Policies64 · 3%
No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 60% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.
By file format
- PDF 2,351 · 99%
- Word (DOCX) 20 · <1%
- PowerPoint (PPTX) 2 · <1%
- Excel (XLSX) 1 · <1%
Checked sample
10 of 50 passed(20%)
- Passed basic checks: 10
- Did not pass: 40
The checked files are mixed: some pass the basics and some don't. Fixing the templates you publish from now, while working through older files in batches, usually saves the most time.
The rate covers the 50 files we checked, not all 2,374 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.
Scanned share
8% scanned
Most of the collection is digital-native text, which keeps remediation at the lighter end: tagging and structure work rather than OCR.
Scanned images need text recognition (OCR) before they can be tagged.
Forms are a small part of this inventory (6%), but each one needs labeled fields and a working tab order before someone using a screen reader can fill it in.
Crawl scope
- Crawl date
- October 4, 2026
- Pages visited
- 712
- Documents in the inventory
- 2,374
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- None reported
- Started from
- burlingame.org(opens in new tab)
These are machine checks on a sample, not a compliance finding, and they say nothing about the people who publish City of Burlingame's documents. The results for the sampled files are public above. The full inventory of every document we found, with detailed per-file reports, is available to verified staff of City of Burlingame after claiming this page.
Files we checked on burlingame.org
Links go to the files on burlingame.org as we found them on October 4, 2026.
These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on October 3, 2026. They are not a legal compliance finding and don't cover reading order, alt-text quality or table structure. Something wrong? Ask for a correction or removal.
| File | Category | Result | Checks not passed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8705PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 8706PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| Meeting AgendaCandidate-forum-agenda · PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Meeting AgendaCity-Council-Regular-Session-Agenda · PDF · 4 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Staff-Report-Presentation-and-Meeting-Minutes-PDFPDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Staff-Report-Proposed-Ordinance-and-Meeting-Minutes-PDFPDF · 13 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Meeting AgendaStudy-Session-Agenda · PDF · 3 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Business Landscape Award Nomination Form 2025.pdf6297 · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Residential-HVAC-Replacement-Permit-RequirementsPDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Document title |
| Windows-Doors-ReplacementPDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Document title |
| 200PDF · 18 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Burlingame and the Inauguration of the Co-Operative Policy2174 · PDF · 19 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Image alt text |
| Commissioner's Handbook3150 · PDF · 22 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Campaign-Contribution-Ordinance---Citys-campaign-ordinancePDF · 8 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Citys-Local-Ordinance-PDFPDF · 8 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Smoking-Ordinance-PDFPDF · 8 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Technology-Disruption-PolicyPDF · 3 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Document title |
| August-22-2024-eNews-PDFPDF · 13 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| August-24-2023-eNews-PDFPDF · 17 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| January-11-2024-eNews-PDFPDF · 11 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| July-3-2025-eNews-PDFPDF · 12 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| March-28-2024-eNews-PDFPDF · 26 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| March-7-2024-eNews-PDFPDF · 21 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| May-16-2024-eNews-PDFPDF · 19 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| October-3-2024-eNews-PDFPDF · 27 pages | Newsletters | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - RECYCLING PLAN OCTOBER 2022.doc5805 · PDF · 5 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document language |
| 7942PDF · 1 page | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| 7948PDF · 1 page | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| 8193PDF · 1 page | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| Draft-Map-Plan-A-PDFPDF · 7 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Draft-Map-Plan-B-PDFPDF · 7 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Draft-Map-Plan-C-PDFPDF · 7 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Draft-Map-Plan-D-PDFPDF · 7 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 150PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 207PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 208PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 219PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 8975PDF · 15 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 9148PDF · 11 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Emails-Received-by-the-400-pm-deadlinePDF · 38 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| CITY OF BURLINGAME8213 · PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| CITY OF BURLINGAME8334 · PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION156 · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| DEMOLITION Permit Application Supplement175 · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| FINAL ROUTING FORM189 · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| CITY OF BURLINGAME5050 · PDF · 3 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| Form 410Form-410---Statement-of-Organization-Receipient-Committee · PDF · 7 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| CITY OF BURLINGAMETraffic-Safety-Parking-Application-and-Supplemental-Questionnaire · PDF · 3 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| Burlingame Public Library – Collection Development Policy2025-Collection-Development-Policy · PDF · 15 pages | Policies | Passed | None |
| 26-0047 - Council Assignments 2026City-Council-Assignments-PDF · PDF · 4 pages | Other | Passed | None |
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What each check looks for
- Tagged structure
- The file has a tag tree, so assistive technology can tell headings, lists and paragraphs apart.
- Document language
- The file declares its language, so screen readers pronounce it correctly.
- Document title
- The file has a document title, shown instead of the file name.
- Image alt text
- Every image in a tagged file carries alternative text, or the file has no untagged images.
- Form field labels
- Every fillable form field has a label a screen reader can announce.
How we measured this
1.Crawl
We start at the organization's website and follow its sitemaps and links on the same site. We respect robots.txt and crawl delays, and skip login areas.
2.Classify
Each document is sorted by file format and, from its link text and file name, into a category such as forms or agendas. Page counts are estimated, often without downloading the whole file.
3.Check a sample
We open up to 50 PDFs and run basic machine checks: tags, document title, language, image alt text and form-field labels.
4.Publish only with evidence
Figures appear only when a crawl finds at least 25 documents and checks at least 20 of them.
Limits of this method
- We only see public pages we can reach through links or sitemaps. Documents behind logins or on other services may be missed.
- Crawls stop at page, document and time limits. When one is hit, the counts are minimums.
- Categories and page counts are estimates from links, file names and file metadata.
- Machine checks can't judge reading order, alt text quality or table structure. Passing them is not WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
- Figures describe the site on the crawl date, not today.
This page's evidence
- Crawled October 4, 2026: we fetched 712 pages from https://www.burlingame.org/ and found 2,374 documents.
- The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
- Changelog: October 4, 2026 — inventory refreshed from the latest crawl.
- How we crawl, classify and check documents
Plan the work before April 26, 2028
562 days is enough time to work through a backlog in stages, if the inventory starts now.
Where City of Burlingame should start
Start with the documents residents actually download: agendas, minutes, permit applications and utility forms.
Residents need these files to apply for permits, pay for services and follow council decisions.
Smaller organizations often have no dedicated accessibility staff, so automating the first pass and saving people for review matters most.
Usually owned by the city clerk, communications and department heads.
A timeline to April 26, 2028
Inventory and triage
by January 4, 2027
Fix the documents people use most
by September 14, 2027
Everything in use conforms
by April 26, 2028
A planning split of the time left, not a legal requirement.
Estimated cost with DocoMatic
$65,611 – $98,417
≈ 328,056 credits for 103,848 estimated pages
- 6,387 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 7,797 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 89,664 standard pages at Level 1
This is a directional estimate from crawler statistics, not a quote. Run the remediation cost calculator with your own page counts for a tailored figure.
What DocoMatic does
- Finds the PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files on your website and estimates the backlog.
- Fixes documents at three levels, from basic tagging to complex forms.
- Checks every fixed file, with veraPDF PDF/UA-1 validation from Level 2 up.
- Human review: turn it on when you request a fix, or arrange it with our team.
- Monitors your site so new documents don't rebuild the backlog.
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Compare with similar organizations
City of Burlingame beside the cities in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Burlingame (this page) | 31,386 | 2,374 | 103,848 | October 4, 2026 |
| City of Laguna Hills | 31,374 | 1,071 | 87,268 | October 4, 2026 |
| City of La Verne | 31,334 | 1,511 | 60,051 | October 4, 2026 |
| City of Los Altos | 31,625 | 2,292 | 59,278 | October 4, 2026 |
| City of Saratoga | 31,051 | 1,785 | 55,628 | October 4, 2026 |
| City of Lawndale | 31,807 | 223 | 4,897 | October 4, 2026 |
Each figure comes from that organization’s own crawl; a + marks a crawl that stopped at a limit, so its count is a minimum. The table compares document inventories, not accessibility.
All organizations in California serving 10,000 to 49,999 people
Related organizations
Cities in California
- City of Laguna Hills: ADA deadline report
1,071 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of La Verne: ADA deadline report
1,511 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Los Altos: ADA deadline report
2,292 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Saratoga: ADA deadline report
1,785 documents · due April 26, 2028
Also due April 26, 2028 in California
- Beverly Hills Unified School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 654 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Lassen County: ADA deadline report
county · 1,786 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Lassen County Office of Education: ADA deadline report
school district · 96 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Los Gatos Union Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 29 documents · due April 26, 2028
Frequently asked questions
When is City of Burlingame's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2028. City of Burlingame is in the 2028 cohort under the Department of Justice's rule on web and mobile accessibility for state and local governments, with compliance dates as set by the Department's interim final rule of April 20, 2026 (91 FR 20902).
How was City of Burlingame's deadline set?
City of Burlingame's total population is 31,386 (2020 Census), below the 50,000 threshold in 28 CFR 35.200(b), so the later compliance date applies.
How many public documents does City of Burlingame have?
Our crawl on October 4, 2026 fetched 712 pages from https://www.burlingame.org/ and found 2,374 documents, an estimated 103,848 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of City of Burlingame's documents pass accessibility checks?
10 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (20%). That is a sample of the 2,374 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix City of Burlingame's documents?
Our directional estimate is $65,611 to $98,417 with DocoMatic: about 328,056 credits for 103,848 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should City of Burlingame fix first?
Start with the documents residents actually download: agendas, minutes, permit applications and utility forms.
Do older PDFs have to be made accessible too?
Not all of them. Documents already posted before the compliance date are excepted unless they are currently used to apply for, gain access to, or participate in the organization's services, programs or activities (28 CFR 35.201(b)). Genuinely archived content is excepted too, but only while it is kept solely for reference, research or recordkeeping, sits in a clearly identified archive area and is not changed. Everything published from the compliance date on is covered, and so is any older file people still use to reach a service.