Website Accessibility

Last updated: June 6, 2026

Our Commitment

The City of Livingston is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. WCAG defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. This website's goal is conformance with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities.

We measure our progress against this target with manual screen-reader and keyboard testing together with automated accessibility and color-contrast scanning. You can review the details in our Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT). This is a good-faith self-assessment and not a legal certification or guarantee of compliance.

On-Page Accessibility Tools

Every page of this website includes a built-in accessibility toolkit. Look for the accessibility button (a person icon) in the lower-left corner of your screen, or press Tab after the page loads to reach it with your keyboard. Opening it reveals tools you can turn on or off at any time, including:

• Increase or decrease text size
• Switch to a dyslexia-friendly font
• Add extra letter and line spacing
• Highlight all links
• A reading ruler and a reading mask to help you track lines
• High-contrast and inverted color modes
• Color-blind filters (protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia)
• A larger mouse cursor
• Pause non-essential animations
• Read-aloud: click any text to have it read to you

Your choices are remembered in your browser and stay applied as you move between pages. Use Reset all settings in the toolkit to return everything to its default at any time.

Accessible Documents

Official documents such as meeting agendas and minutes are often posted as PDF files, which can be difficult to use with assistive technology. To address this, the City automatically generates an accessible HTML version of each posted PDF. Wherever a document is available, you will find an “Accessible version” link next to it (for example, on the Council & Commission Meetings page).

The accessible reader lets you:

• Read the full document as structured, screen-reader-friendly text
• Print a clean, printer-ready version of the accessible text
• Jump to any section using an automatic document outline
• Translate the document into several languages
• Ask a question and get an answer drawn from the document
• Request the document in an alternative format (large print, audio, or Braille)
• Download the original PDF at any time

These accessible versions are produced automatically and are intended as a convenience. The original document remains the official record. If you find an error or need a document in another format, please contact the City Clerk using the details below.

Audio and Video

The most common time-based media on this site is recordings of City Council and commission meetings. To make these recordings accessible:

• Recordings are hosted on platforms that support captions (such as YouTube), and staff enable captions when posting a recording.
• Every recording is published with a text transcript shown next to it on the Meetings page. The website does not allow a recording to be posted without a transcript, so the transcript is always available up front. When the transcript is a PDF, an “Accessible version” (screen-reader-friendly HTML) is generated automatically alongside it.

If you need a transcript, captions, or another accessible format for any recording, please contact the City Clerk using the details in the Feedback section below.

Accessibility Features

• Compatible with screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack)
• Full keyboard navigation including dropdown menus and dialogs
• Visible focus indicators on all interactive elements
• Skip-to-content link for keyboard users
• Color contrast meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards (≥ 4.5:1 for normal text)
• Resizable text up to 200% without loss of content or functionality
• Descriptive alt text for all meaningful images
• Proper semantic landmarks (navigation, main, footer)
• Form fields with explicit labels and error messages
• Live announcements of dynamic content (chat, alerts)

Compatibility with Browsers and Assistive Technology

Our website is designed to be compatible with the latest versions of common assistive technologies and browsers, including Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and Firefox.

• JAWS and NVDA on Windows
• VoiceOver on macOS and iOS
• TalkBack on Android

If you use assistive technology (such as a Braille reader, a screen reader, or TTY) and the format of any material on this website interferes with your ability to access information, please contact us.

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of this website relies on the following technologies to work with the combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of this website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of possible limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

1. Documents: We make efforts to ensure documents on this website are accessible. Some documents might not work with current assistive technologies if they used outdated technologies that do not support accessibility. We convert documents to new formats upon request. Please contact us if you encounter an issue or require assistance.
2. Images: images within our web pages include alt tags. We do our best to ensure images have appropriate alt tag descriptions. Please contact us if you discover an image that has incorrect or inadequate descriptive text. We will take corrective action promptly.
3. Audio/Video: recordings are captioned on their hosting platform and a text transcript is published next to every recording (see the Audio and Video section above). If you need captions or a transcript in a different format, contact us and we will provide one.
4. HTML: our website HTML has been tested for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. Since our website's content is updated regularly, there is a possibility that new issues could be encountered. Should you run into an issue with the HTML that you believe prevents you from adequately being able to access website content, please let us know. We will take prompt, corrective action.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers, or if you need information in an alternative format. When reporting a barrier, it helps to include the page address (URL), a short description of the problem, and the browser and assistive technology you were using. Contact the City Clerk:

Formal Complaints

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within five (5) business days, and to propose a solution within ten (10) business days.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may file a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or the California Civil Rights Department.