- city
- California · Orange County
- 2027 cohort · 196 days left
City of Santa Ana: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our September 24, 2026 crawl of santa-ana.gov(opens in new tab) found at least 748 public documents, about 54,906 pages. 8 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 748+
- estimated pages
- 54,906
- checked files passed
- 8 / 50
- crawl date
- Sep 24, 2026
What our crawl found on santa-ana.gov
Counts from our September 24, 2026 crawl, which visited 1,000 pages. Our crawler found 748 public documents on santa-ana.gov — an estimated 54,906 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
The crawl stopped at its page and time limits, so every count here is a minimum: the site has at least this many documents.
Documents by category
- Other412 · 55%
- Reports241 · 32%
- Forms57 · 8%
- Policies37 · 5%
- Agendas & minutes1 · <1%
No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 55% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.
By file format
- PDF 745 · 100%
- Word (DOCX) 3 · <1%
Checked sample
8 of 50 passed(16%)
- Passed basic checks: 8
- Did not pass: 42
Most checked files are missing basics such as tags, a document title, a declared language or labeled form fields. Files made without accessibility tooling usually look like this, and they need structural work, not touch-ups.
The rate covers the 50 files we checked, not all 748 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.
Scanned share
2% 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 (8%), 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
- September 24, 2026
- Pages visited
- 1,000
- Documents in the inventory
- 748
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- page and time
- Started from
- santa-ana.gov(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 Santa Ana'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 Santa Ana after claiming this page.
Files we checked on santa-ana.gov
Links go to the files on santa-ana.gov as we found them on September 24, 2026.
These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on September 24, 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 |
|---|
50 more checked files are counted above but not linked here: it is on another site or its name looks like a personal record.
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 September 24, 2026: we fetched 1,000 pages from https://santa-ana.gov/ and found 748 documents.
- The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
- Changelog: September 24, 2026 — inventory refreshed from the latest crawl.
- How we crawl, classify and check documents
Plan the work before April 26, 2027
With 196 days left, start with the documents people use most and fix the rest in batches.
Where City of Santa Ana 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.
Serving 310,227 people means many departments publish documents; a central inventory with department owners keeps the work moving.
Usually owned by the city clerk, communications and department heads.
A timeline to April 26, 2027
Inventory and triage
by November 10, 2026
Fix the documents people use most
by February 7, 2027
Everything in use conforms
by April 26, 2027
A planning split of the time left, not a legal requirement.
Estimated cost with DocoMatic
$36,262 – $54,394
≈ 181,312 credits for 54,906 estimated pages
- 4,184 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 1,014 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 49,708 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 Santa Ana beside the cities in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Santa Ana (this page) | 310,227 | 748+ | 54,906 | September 24, 2026 |
| City of Irvine | 307,670 | 2,223 | 138,460 | September 24, 2026 |
| City of Riverside | 314,998 | 4,875 | 216,171 | September 24, 2026 |
| City of Santa Clarita | 228,673 | 2,080 | 38,968 | September 24, 2026 |
| City of San Bernardino | 222,101 | 1,450 | 108,742 | September 24, 2026 |
| City of Modesto | 218,464 | 2,127 | 341,021 | September 24, 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 250,000 to 999,999 people
Related organizations
Cities in California
- City of Irvine: ADA deadline report
2,223 documents · due April 26, 2027
- City of Riverside: ADA deadline report
4,875 documents · due April 26, 2027
- City of Santa Clarita: ADA deadline report
2,080 documents · due April 26, 2027
- City of San Bernardino: ADA deadline report
1,450 documents · due April 26, 2027
Also due April 26, 2027 in California
- Oxnard Union High School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 165 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Corona-Norco Unified School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 318 documents · due April 26, 2027
- San Luis Obispo County: ADA deadline report
county · 1,296 documents · due April 26, 2027
- San Luis Obispo County Office of Education: ADA deadline report
school district · 823 documents · due April 26, 2027
Frequently asked questions
When is City of Santa Ana's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2027. City of Santa Ana is in the 2027 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 Santa Ana's deadline set?
City of Santa Ana's total population is 310,227 (2020 Census), at or above the 50,000 threshold in 28 CFR 35.200(b), so the earlier compliance date applies.
How many public documents does City of Santa Ana have?
Our crawl on September 24, 2026 fetched 1,000 pages from https://santa-ana.gov/ and found at least 748 documents (it stopped at a crawl limit), an estimated 54,906 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of City of Santa Ana's documents pass accessibility checks?
8 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (16%). That is a sample of the 748 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix City of Santa Ana's documents?
Our directional estimate is $36,262 to $54,394 with DocoMatic: about 181,312 credits for 54,906 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should City of Santa Ana 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.