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- California
- 2027 cohort · 196 days left
Orange County: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our September 23, 2026 crawl of ocgov.com(opens in new tab) found 4,106 public documents, about 77,738 pages. 4 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 4,106
- estimated pages
- 77,738
- checked files passed
- 4 / 50
- crawl date
- Sep 23, 2026
What our crawl found on ocgov.com
Counts from our September 23, 2026 crawl, which visited 1,000 pages. Our crawler found 4,106 public documents on ocgov.com — an estimated 77,738 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
Documents by category
- Other3,018 · 74%
- Agendas & minutes396 · 10%
- Reports367 · 9%
- Newsletters150 · 4%
- Forms103 · 3%
- Policies72 · 2%
No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 74% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.
By file format
- PDF 4,079 · 99%
- Word (DOCX) 27 · <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 4,106 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.
Scanned share
4% 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 (3%), 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
- 1,000
- Documents in the inventory
- 4,106
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- None reported
- Started from
- ocgov.com(opens in new tab)
These are machine checks on a sample, not a compliance finding, and they say nothing about the people who publish Orange 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 Orange County after claiming this page.
Files we checked on ocgov.com
Links go to the files on ocgov.com 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Appeal ApplicationAssessment Appeal Application Form Fill-In 305ah-rev07-21-2025 0 · PDF · 4 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Reasonable Accommodation Form FVPDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Document title |
| 1. Final Performance Audit ReportPDF · 400 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels |
| 2. HCA Environmental Health Responses 4.14.22PDF · 7 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 25-015 HCA Administrative Operations Performance Audit ResponsePDF · 5 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| EMPIRE ECONOMICS COUNTY OF ORANGE BOND MONITORING PROGRAM REPORT 4TH-QTR 2006.xls4147 · PDF · 18 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Audit ResponsePDF · 3 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| CSS Performance Audit ReportPDF · 16 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text |
| CSS Performance Audit ResponsePDF · 4 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| SKM_C450i22022415200FINAL OCCR · PDF · 41 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| SKM_C450i22022415190FINAL PublicDefender · PDF · 37 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - Final Report - Orange County JWA Airport Performance AuditFinal Report - Orange County JWA Airport Performance Audit · PDF · 28 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| FY 2025-26 Final Budget SummaryFY 2025-26 Final Budget Summary 0 · PDF · 9 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Image alt text |
| HCA ResponsePDF · 17 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - JWA Responses to Performance Audit 02-21-2024JWA Response to Performance Audit 02-21-2024 · PDF · 11 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| MGT Final ReportPDF · 38 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| MHSA Program ReviewPDF · 38 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - OC HCA Performance Audit of Administrative Operations - FINAL - 1.9.24OC HCA Performance Audit of Administrative Operations - Final Report - 1.2025 · PDF · 26 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| OC-Performance-Audit-Report_03.01.2025-06.30.2025OC-Performance-Audit-Report 03.01.2025-06.30.2025 · PDF · 19 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Image alt text |
| OC-Performance-Audit-Report_A-C_ResponsesOC-Performance-Audit-Report A-C Responses · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure |
| Orange County 2022 Case Mgmt Services Performance Audit DRAFT 6-9-23Orange County Case Management Services Performance Audit · PDF · 37 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Image alt text |
| Orange County ROV Performance Audit 7.26.23PDF · 27 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| Orange County Sheriff Department Contract Compliance Review and Strategic Procurement Assessment Final ReportPDF · 106 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document language, Document title |
| 10725PDF · 7 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| 10726PDF · 107 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title, Image alt text |
| 10727PDF · 3 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 10728PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 10729PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| 119592PDF · 32 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2025 Approved BOS Meeting SchedulePDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2026 05 Public ResourcesPDF · 3 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| at_a_glance_July 2026.xlsx2026 07 At A Glance · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| 2026.09.08 Press Release - County of Orange Invites Public Input on 2026 SFPPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 35754PDF · 17 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document language, Document title |
| 4460PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 66541PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document language, Document title |
| 66542PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document language, Document title |
| 66543PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document language, Document title |
| 76549PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| 76550PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| C OC Charter 2020 amendment 03-03-2020 electionPDF · 6 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| fraud hotline flyer 2019 spPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| fraud hotline flyer 2019 vietPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| Layout 1Mission Statement · PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| OCSD Memo and Final ResponsesPDF · 20 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Public-LocationsPDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| SOC 34183229 · PDF · 9 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| SSA letterhead- 888 N. MainCM Audit County Response · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| Enter TitleOrange County Forensic Audit - Weaver Phase 1 Presentation · PDF · 16 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| Orange County, California, Fraud Hotline (714) 834-3608102463 · PDF · 1 page | 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 September 23, 2026: we fetched 1,000 pages from https://www.ocgov.com/ and found 4,108 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 Orange 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
$29,890 – $44,834
≈ 149,448 credits for 77,738 estimated pages
- 1,950 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 3,032 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 72,756 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
Orange County beside the counties in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County (this page) | 3,186,989 | 4,106 | 77,738 | September 23, 2026 |
| San Bernardino County | 2,181,654 | 440 | 98,655 | September 23, 2026 |
| Alameda County | 1,682,353 | 6,824 | 152,146 | September 23, 2026 |
| Sacramento County | 1,585,055 | 2,449 | 59,108 | 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 |
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
- San Bernardino County: ADA deadline report
440 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Alameda County: ADA deadline report
6,824 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Sacramento County: ADA deadline report
2,449 documents · due April 26, 2027
- Contra Costa County: ADA deadline report
2,260 documents · due April 26, 2027
Also due April 26, 2027 in California
- Riverside County Office of Education: ADA deadline report
school district · 1,588 documents · due April 26, 2027
- 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
Frequently asked questions
When is Orange County's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2027. Orange 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 Orange County's deadline set?
Orange County's total population is 3,186,989 (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 Orange County have?
Our crawl on September 23, 2026 fetched 1,000 pages from https://www.ocgov.com/ and found 4,106 documents, an estimated 77,738 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of Orange County's documents pass accessibility checks?
4 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (8%). That is a sample of the 4,106 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix Orange County's documents?
Our directional estimate is $29,890 to $44,834 with DocoMatic: about 149,448 credits for 77,738 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should Orange 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.