City Departments | Carlsbad, CA

Residents | Carlsbad, CA

Report a Problem | Carlsbad, CA

Special Events | Carlsbad, CA

Safety Services | Carlsbad, CA

City Services for Kids | Carlsbad, CA

Your Home | Carlsbad, CA

Facility Rentals | Carlsbad, CA

About Carlsbad | Carlsbad, CA

Community Vision | Carlsbad, CA

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

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September 2025

August 2025

City of Carlsbad

	Title / URL	Issues
	City Departments \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/departments	69
	Residents \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents	54
	Report a Problem \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/report-a-problem	53
	Special Events \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/programs-and-events/special-events	47
	Safety Services \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/safety	46
	City Services for Kids \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/kids	46
	Your Home \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/your-home	45
	Facility Rentals \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/facility-rentals	44
	About Carlsbad \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/about-carlsbad	44
	Community Vision \| Carlsbad, CAwww.carlsbadca.gov/residents/community-vision	44

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

City of Carlsbad

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