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Alameda County: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our September 23, 2026 crawl of alamedacountyca.gov(opens in new tab) found 6,824 public documents, about 152,146 pages. 3 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 6,824
- estimated pages
- 152.1K
- checked files passed
- 3 / 50
- crawl date
- Sep 23, 2026
What our crawl found on alamedacountyca.gov
Counts from our September 23, 2026 crawl, which visited 25 pages. Our crawler found 6,824 public documents on alamedacountyca.gov — an estimated 152,146 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
Documents by category
- Agendas & minutes5,561 · 81%
- Other917 · 13%
- Reports168 · 2%
- Policies101 · 1%
- Forms77 · 1%
Meeting agendas and minutes dominate this inventory at 81% of all documents. Packets published from the compliance date on have to be accessible, as do older ones residents still use to take part in a meeting or a process; older packets kept only for reference may fall under the rule's exceptions.
By file format
- PDF 6,824 · 100%
Checked sample
3 of 50 passed(6%)
- Passed basic checks: 3
- Did not pass: 47
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 6,824 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 (1%), 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 23, 2026
- Pages visited
- 25
- Documents in the inventory
- 6,824
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- None reported
- Started from
- alamedacountyca.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 Alameda County'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 Alameda County after claiming this page.
Files we checked on alamedacountyca.gov
Links go to the files on alamedacountyca.gov as we found them on September 23, 2026.
These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on September 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Word - 08-25-West.doc08-25-West · PDF · 15 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - 7-27-West.doc7-27-WestRev · PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - 09-25-East.docag092503 east zoning · PDF · 6 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - Copy _1_ of 09-28-09.docageMAC2009-09-28 · PDF · 3 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| AgendaObjectiveStandardsWorkingGroup 04 28 22PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| ARTAmeetingagenda2025final913amIPDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| CastroValleyBDSPWorkshop1 PublicAgenda050323PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - Copy _1_03-14-11SU.docxminMAC2011-03-14 · PDF · 4 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - 11-12-West.docWest-11-12 · PDF · 4 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| 8 Mills-Act-Application-FormPDF · 4 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| What is it9 HPO COAv4 Application · PDF · 6 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - ACUP.docACUP · PDF · 4 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Minor Use PermitAMUP · PDF · 7 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Image alt text |
| Application Form-ALUC Referrals_1.11.13Application-Form-ALUC-Referrals-Feb-2013 · PDF · 3 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| CUPCUP · PDF · 8 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Image alt text |
| Conditional Use Permit - Mandatory ReviewCUP review-for-continued-compliance · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - Delivery Permit Application Form FINALDeliveryPermitApplicationForm · PDF · 10 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| DemolitionRequestFormPDF · 6 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Document title |
| What is itHPOCOAv4Application · PDF · 6 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - _HWD_Ch1_Revised_082712HWD Appendix H City of Hayward, Ordinance 91-16 · PDF · 8 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| EIR FormatHWD Ch2 County-wide Policies · PDF · 24 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| EIR FormatHWD Ch3 Hayward Executive Airport Policies · PDF · 32 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| EIR FormatLVK Ch2 County-wide Policies · PDF · 24 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| EIR FormatLVK Ch3 Livermore Municipal Airport Policies · PDF · 30 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| MicrobreweryOrdinancePDF · 16 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Form field labels |
| Microsoft Word - Cover and Title pageOAK Appendix C Federal Aviation Regulations- Part 77 · PDF · 28 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| EIR FormatOAKCh2 County-wide Policies · PDF · 26 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| EIR FormatOAKCh3 Oakland International Airport Policies · PDF · 34 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| 110603 Alameda CCAP FinalPDF · 149 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| AlamedaCountyGeneralPlanAnnualReport2015PDF · 19 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| AlamedaCountyGeneralPlanAnnualReport2016PDF · 18 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| AlamedaCountyGeneralPlanAnnualReport2020PDF · 14 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| AlamedaCountygpannualreport2023PDF · 26 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| CAstroValleyBDSPcombinedPDF · 223 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - CCAP Implementation Status ReportCCAP-Implementation-Status-Report · PDF · 31 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| gp-annual-report-2022PDF · 19 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| GPAnnualReport2014FinalPCPDF · 30 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title |
| 1 Historic-Preservation-FAQs-2025PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| SKM_C659200713162902 Preliminary-Cultural-Resources-Survey AshlandCherryland · PDF · 92 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| SKM_C558221122115004 HistoricalCulturalSurveyEastCounty · PDF · 68 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 6 Mills-Act-HandoutPDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 7 MILLS-ACT-PROGRAM-GUIDEPDF · 27 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text |
| CHWE12-8-15PDF · 83 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| cover Uniform Rules 10-11-11PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - _LVK_Ch1_Revised_082712LVK Appendix C FAA Airspace Protenction Guidance · PDF · 54 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| SB9ComprehensivePacket072525PDF · 6 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| TELECONFERENCING-GUIDELINES-UPDATED-5 9 23PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| AGENDA | Tuesday, 3/13/2007, 9:30-11:00 pacific time (12:30-2 in NJ)SRC 12 31 15CallAgendaI · PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| Alameda County Development StandardsTelecommunicationsPolicy-admin · PDF · 17 pages | Policies | Passed | None |
| PptxGenJS PresentationFinal-Draft-BOS-PPT-091326 · PDF · 17 pages | Reports | 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 September 23, 2026: we fetched 25 pages from https://alamedacountyca.gov/ and found 6,824 documents.
- The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
- Changelog: September 23, 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 Alameda County should start
Start with high-traffic services: elections, property tax, courts and public health documents, before archived material.
Voters, property owners and court users need these files to meet their own deadlines.
Serving over a million people means documents come from many departments and systems; batch processing and monitoring keep new files from adding to the backlog.
Usually owned by the county clerk, the elections office 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
$43,397 – $65,095
≈ 216,984 credits for 152,146 estimated pages
- 1,717 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 3,009 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 147,420 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
Alameda County beside the counties in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County (this page) | 1,682,353 | 6,824 | 152,146 | September 23, 2026 |
| Sacramento County | 1,585,055 | 2,449 | 59,108 | September 23, 2026 |
| San Bernardino County | 2,181,654 | 440 | 98,655 | September 23, 2026 |
| Contra Costa County | 1,165,927 | 2,260 | 134,928 | September 23, 2026 |
| Fresno County | 1,008,654 | 2,487 | 78,744 | September 23, 2026 |
| Ventura County | 843,843 | 2,562 | 64,463 | 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 1,000,000 people or more
Related organizations
Counties in California
- Sacramento County: ADA deadline report
2,449 documents · due April 26, 2027
- San Bernardino County: ADA deadline report
440 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Contra Costa County: ADA deadline report
2,260 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Fresno County: ADA deadline report
2,487 documents · due April 26, 2027
Also due April 26, 2027 in California
- Santa Clara County Office of Education: ADA deadline report
school district · 3,773 documents · due April 26, 2027
- City of San Diego: ADA deadline report
city · 5,352 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Contra Costa County Office of Education: ADA deadline report
school district · 403 documents · due April 26, 2027
- San Diego City Unified School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 1,274 documents · due April 26, 2027
Frequently asked questions
When is Alameda County's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2027. Alameda County 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 Alameda County's deadline set?
Alameda County's total population is 1,682,353 (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 Alameda County have?
Our crawl on September 23, 2026 fetched 25 pages from https://alamedacountyca.gov/ and found 6,824 documents, an estimated 152,146 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of Alameda County's documents pass accessibility checks?
3 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (6%). That is a sample of the 6,824 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix Alameda County's documents?
Our directional estimate is $43,397 to $65,095 with DocoMatic: about 216,984 credits for 152,146 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should Alameda County fix first?
Start with high-traffic services: elections, property tax, courts and public health documents, before archived material.
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.