Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination and guarantees people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to participate in the mainstream of American life -- to enjoy employment opportunities, to purchase goods and services, and to participate in State and local government programs and services. The ADA is an "equal opportunity" law for people with disabilities.

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Website Accessibility Statement

We incorporate website accessibility standards into the design and maintenance of our website to ensure accessibility for all people regardless of ability or method of access.

What We Are Doing with Accessibility

To help us make our website a positive place for everyone, we've been using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities, and user-friendly for everyone. The guidelines have three levels of accessibility (A, AA and AAA) and we’ve chosen Level A as the target for our website.

How We Are Doing with Accessibility

We've worked hard on our website and towards achieving our goal of Level A accessibility. We monitor the website regularly to maintain this goal.

If you do find any problems, please contact us by emailing webmaster@cityofranchocordova.org or calling 916.851.8700.

Where You Can Get Additional Accessibility Help

Most popular browsers and plug-ins contain built-in accessibility tools and features. For more information, please visit the accessibility information pages for these tools:

In addition, we support assistive screen reader technology from JAWS, NVDA, and Apple VoiceOver.

Section 508

The Section 508 amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Section 508 was adopted in 2001 and includes technical standards that cover the accessibility of web content.

Section 508 does not apply to local government or private websites unless they are receiving federal funds or are under contract with a federal agency, but many local governments have adopted Section 508 for their accessibility standard. There is currently a pending proposal for Section 508 standards to conform to WCAG 2.0 standards.