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City of Tehachapi: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status

Our October 5, 2026 crawl of liveuptehachapi.com(opens in new tab) found 473 public documents, about 36,020 pages. 4 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.

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documents found
473
estimated pages
36,020
checked files passed
4 / 50
crawl date
Oct 5, 2026

What our crawl found on liveuptehachapi.com

Counts from our October 5, 2026 crawl, which visited 721 pages. Our crawler found 473 public documents on liveuptehachapi.com — an estimated 36,020 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.

Documents by category

  • Other191 · 40%
  • Agendas & minutes103 · 22%
  • Forms79 · 17%
  • Reports70 · 15%
  • Policies30 · 6%

No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 40% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.

By file format

  • PDF 468 · 99%
  • Word (DOCX) 5 · 1%

Checked sample

4 of 50 passed(8%)

  • Passed basic checks: 4
  • Did not pass: 46

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 473 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 make up 17% of the documents. Forms take the most work to fix, since every field needs a label and a logical tab order.

Crawl scope

Crawl date
October 5, 2026
Pages visited
721
Documents in the inventory
473
Files checked
50
Limits hit
None reported

These are machine checks on a sample, not a compliance finding, and they say nothing about the people who publish City of Tehachapi'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 Tehachapi after claiming this page.

Files we checked on liveuptehachapi.com

Links go to the files on liveuptehachapi.com as we found them on October 5, 2026.

These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on October 5, 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.

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The 50 files checked in the sample, with each file's result
FileCategoryResultChecks not passed
08032026-395PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
08172026-397PDF · 97 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Form field labels
08172026-397PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
08172026-398PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
08192026-399PDF · 6 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
08192026-399PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
09082026-400PDF · 5 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
Agenda09082026-401 · PDF · 4 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument language
09212026-408PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
10052026-409PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - Form B-Claim Form - Revised Aug 09.doc753 · PDF · 1 pageFormsDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Commercial-Permit-PDFPDF · 4 pagesFormsDid not passDocument title
DocumentViewPDF · 2 pagesFormsDid not passDocument language, Document title, Form field labels
Residential-Permit-PDFPDF · 6 pagesFormsDid not passDocument title
Temporary-Use-PermitPDF · 5 pagesFormsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels
TPD-Special-Needs-Emergency-Info-FormPDF · 2 pagesFormsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Variance-Major-Application-PDFPDF · 2 pagesFormsDid not passDocument title, Form field labels
6233PDF · 1 pagePoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
7178PDF · 3 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
7981PDF · 3 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
8041PDF · 2 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Microsoft Word - policy 2019.08.05_Budgetary and Financial Policies_FinalBudgetary--Financial-Policies · PDF · 9 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Microsoft Word - Capital Assets Policy_Final_2022.01.18 (2)Capital-Asset-Policy · PDF · 12 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Microsoft Word - 2019.08.05_Debt Policy_2019.08.05-FinalDebt-Policy · PDF · 12 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Resolution 38-22 Investment Policy 6-6-22.pdfInvestment-Policy · PDF · 12 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Ordinance-No-21-03-761PDF · 5 pagesPoliciesDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Terms-Of-Service-PoliciesPDF · 2 pagesPoliciesDid not passDocument title
2021-Annual-Water-Quality-ReportpdfPDF · 5 pagesReportsDid not passDocument title
2023-Annual-Water-Quality-ReportpdfPDF · 5 pagesReportsDid not passDocument title
3330PDF · 1 pageReportsDid not passDocument language, Document title
3365PDF · 125 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
3399PDF · 205 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
5490PDF · 1 pageReportsDid not passDocument title
Capital-Hills-Specific-Plan-Revised-Final-PDFPDF · 81 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Microsoft Word - FINAL_Water Entitlement Fee Study_020620Water-Entitlement-Fee-Study-2020-PDF · PDF · 6 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Image alt text
8674PDF · 2 pagesOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
DEFINITIONS.PDFDocumentView · PDF · 2 pagesOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Engineering-Standards-VariancePDF · 2 pagesOtherDid not passDocument title
Location-mapPDF · 1 pageOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Location-MapPDF · 1 pageOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Planning-Extension-06-24-2025-fillablePDF · 1 pageOtherDid not passDocument title
Substandard-Housing-ChecklistPDF · 5 pagesOtherDid not passDocument title
Tehachapi-WM-Agreement-2024PDF · 64 pagesOtherDid not passDocument title
ZONE MAP overallX1331-1-ZONE-MAP-overall · PDF · 1 pageOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language
CITY OF TEHACHAPIShort-Term-Rental-Permit-Application- · PDF · 1 pageFormsPassedNone
CITY OF TEHACHAPI6482 · PDF · 1 pageReportsPassedNone
County of MarinTehachapi Annual--DIF-Report-FY-2025-Final · PDF · 11 pagesReportsPassedNone
Tehachapi Annual ROPS Submission 23-24Tehachapi-ROPS-23-24 · PDF · 5 pagesOtherPassedNone
Show all 48 files

2 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 5, 2026: we fetched 721 pages from https://www.liveuptehachapi.com/ and found 473 documents.
  • The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
  • Changelog: October 5, 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 Tehachapi 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

  1. Inventory and triage

    by January 4, 2027

  2. Fix the documents people use most

    by September 14, 2027

  3. Everything in use conforms

    by April 26, 2028

A planning split of the time left, not a legal requirement.

Estimated cost with DocoMatic

$42,697 – $64,045

≈ 213,484 credits for 36,020 estimated pages

  • 6,016 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
  • 600 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
  • 29,404 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 Tehachapi beside the cities in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.

OrganizationPopulationDocuments foundEstimated pagesCrawled
City of Tehachapi (this page)12,93947336,020October 5, 2026
City of Solana Beach12,9413,085126,006October 5, 2026
City of Emeryville12,9051,40894,349October 5, 2026
City of Marysville12,84472421,440October 5, 2026
Town of San Anselmo12,8303,15930,485October 5, 2026
City of Larkspur13,0641,68819,446October 5, 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

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Also due April 26, 2028 in California

Frequently asked questions

When is City of Tehachapi's ADA Title II deadline?

April 26, 2028. City of Tehachapi 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 Tehachapi's deadline set?

City of Tehachapi's total population is 12,939 (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 Tehachapi have?

Our crawl on October 5, 2026 fetched 721 pages from https://www.liveuptehachapi.com/ and found 473 documents, an estimated 36,020 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.

How many of City of Tehachapi's documents pass accessibility checks?

4 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (8%). That is a sample of the 473 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.

How much would it cost to fix City of Tehachapi's documents?

Our directional estimate is $42,697 to $64,045 with DocoMatic: about 213,484 credits for 36,020 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.

Which documents should City of Tehachapi 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.