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Sierra County: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our October 6, 2026 crawl of sierracounty.ca.gov(opens in new tab) found 2,449 public documents, about 214,012 pages. 14 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 2,449
- estimated pages
- 214K
- checked files passed
- 14 / 50
- crawl date
- Oct 6, 2026
What our crawl found on sierracounty.ca.gov
Counts from our October 6, 2026 crawl, which visited 1,000 pages. Our crawler found 2,449 public documents on sierracounty.ca.gov — an estimated 214,012 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
Documents by category
- Other936 · 38%
- Agendas & minutes868 · 35%
- Reports300 · 12%
- Forms245 · 10%
- Policies99 · 4%
- Newsletters1 · <1%
No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 38% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.
By file format
- PDF 2,422 · 99%
- Word (DOCX) 25 · 1%
- Excel (XLSX) 2 · <1%
Checked sample
14 of 50 passed(28%)
- Passed basic checks: 14
- Did not pass: 36
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 2,449 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.
Scanned share
22% 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 10% 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 6, 2026
- Pages visited
- 1,000
- Documents in the inventory
- 2,449
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- None reported
- Started from
- sierracounty.ca.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 Sierra 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 Sierra County after claiming this page.
Files we checked on sierracounty.ca.gov
Links go to the files on sierracounty.ca.gov as we found them on October 6, 2026.
These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on October 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04282022-1776PDF · 4 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 04282022-1776PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - 15_05_13 Economic Development Agenda05132015-193 · PDF · 6 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| 05262022-1775PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 05262022-682PDF · 3 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 07282022-684PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| SIERRA COUNTY09232015-228 · PDF · 5 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document language, Image alt text |
| Microsoft Word - DRAFT Self-Inspection Form_Sierra County1479 · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| 24PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels |
| 2642PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels |
| SIERRA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSBOARD COMMISSION APPLICATION · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Business Property StatementBusiness-Property-Statement-LONG-FORM-571L-rev27-05-21 · PDF · 7 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Business Property Statement for 2026Business-Property-Statement-SHORT-FORM-571s-rev25-05-21 · PDF · 6 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Form-806---Public-Official-AppointmentsPDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| 114112150 · PDF · 1 page | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114212151 · PDF · 2 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114312152 · PDF · 2 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114412153 · PDF · 1 page | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114512154 · PDF · 1 page | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114612155 · PDF · 1 page | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114712156 · PDF · 2 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 114812157 · PDF · 2 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Print halDD52.tmp (4 pages)1478 · PDF · 4 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| 2023-063Standing-Committees-Rules-and-Procedures · PDF · 4 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| Preliminary Change of Ownership Report30 · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Claim for Reassessment Exclusion for Transfer from Grandparent to Grandchild33 · PDF · 3 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Claim for Welfare Exemption (Annual Filing)35 · PDF · 2 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Aggregate Production ReportAggregate-Production-Report-560A Rev-08-06 · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| CLAIM FOR REASSESSMENT EXCLUSION FOR TRANSFER BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD OCCURRING ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 16, 2021Claim-for-Reassessment-Exclusion-for-Parent Child-19-P-rev00-02-21 · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Change of Ownership Statement25 · PDF · 4 pages | Other | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Claim for Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Exemption27 · PDF · 5 pages | Other | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Assessor-Fee-SchedulePDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| Claim of Person(s) at Least 55 Years of Age for Transfer of Base Year Value to Replacement DwellingBYV-Transfer-of-Person-at-Least-55-Years-of-Age-to-Replacement-Dwelling-60ah-rev20-05-21 · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| Sierra-County-Resource-GuidePDF · 48 pages | Other | Did not pass | Document title |
| September 20, 200001232020-520 · PDF · 5 pages | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| SIERRA LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION8915 · PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| SIERRA LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION9138 · PDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| Claim for Disabled Accessibility Construction Exclusion from Assessment for ADA ComplianceClaim-For-Disabled-Access-NC-Exclusion-Form-63A · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Passed | None |
| Alternate Schedule A for Bank, Insurance Company, or Financial Corporation FixturesAlternate-Schedule-A-for-Bank-Insurance-or-Financial-Co-571LA-rev25-05-21 · PDF · 2 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| CLAIM FOR REASSESSMENT EXCLUSION FOR TRANSFER BETWEEN GRANDPARENT AND GRANDCHILD OCCURRING ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 16, 2021Claim-for-Reassment-Exclusion-for-Granparent Grandchild-19-G-rev00-02-21 · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| Mining Production ReportMining-Production-Report-560B Rev-08-06 · PDF · 4 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| Claim for Reassessment Exclusion for Transfer Between Parent and ChildReassessment-Exclusion-for-Transfer-Between-Parent-and-Child · PDF · 3 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| Supplemental Schedule for Reporting Monthly Acquisitions and Disposals of Property Reported on Schedule B of the Business Property StatementSupp-Schedule-for-Reporting-Monthly-Acquisitions-Sch-B-571d-rev23-05-21 · PDF · 2 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
| Change in Ownership Statement Death of Real Property Owner26 · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Passed | None |
| Sierra County Assessor31 · PDF · 1 page | Other | Passed | None |
| Disabled Persons Claim for Exclusion of New ConstructionDisabled-Person-Claim-for-Exclusion-of-NC-for-Occupied-Dwelling · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Passed | None |
| SIERRA COUNTYPliocene-Comm-Svc-09242026 · PDF · 1 page | Other | Passed | None |
| SIERRA COUNTYSCFPD1-09102026---Verdi Long-Valley · PDF · 1 page | Other | Passed | None |
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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.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 6, 2026: we fetched 1,000 pages from https://www.sierracounty.ca.gov/ and found 2,449 documents.
- The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
- Changelog: October 6, 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 Sierra 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.
Smaller organizations often have no dedicated accessibility staff, so automating the first pass and saving people for review matters most.
Usually owned by the county clerk, the elections office 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
$209,352 – $314,029
≈ 1,046,762 credits for 214,012 estimated pages
- 21,410 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 42,372 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 150,230 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
Sierra County beside the counties in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra County (this page) | 3,236 | 2,449 | 214,012 | October 6, 2026 |
| Alpine County | 1,204 | 517+ | 5,969 | October 7, 2026 |
| Modoc County | 8,700 | 819 | 21,715 | October 6, 2026 |
| Mono County | 13,195 | 1,982 | 90,611 | October 5, 2026 |
| Mariposa County | 17,131 | 2,409 | 58,589 | October 5, 2026 |
| Plumas County | 19,790 | 3,086 | 163,044 | 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 fewer than 10,000 people
Related organizations
Counties in California
- Alpine County: ADA deadline report
517 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Modoc County: ADA deadline report
819 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Mono County: ADA deadline report
1,982 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Mariposa County: ADA deadline report
2,409 documents · due April 26, 2028
Also due April 26, 2028 in California
- Gerber Union Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 105 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Nevada City: ADA deadline report
city · 944 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Howell Mountain Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 172 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Woodside Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 322 documents · due April 26, 2028
Frequently asked questions
When is Sierra County's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2028. Sierra County 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 Sierra County's deadline set?
Sierra County's total population is 3,236 (2020 Census), below the 50,000 threshold in 28 CFR 35.200(b), so the later compliance date applies.
How many public documents does Sierra County have?
Our crawl on October 6, 2026 fetched 1,000 pages from https://www.sierracounty.ca.gov/ and found 2,449 documents, an estimated 214,012 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of Sierra County's documents pass accessibility checks?
14 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (28%). That is a sample of the 2,449 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix Sierra County's documents?
Our directional estimate is $209,352 to $314,029 with DocoMatic: about 1,046,762 credits for 214,012 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should Sierra 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.