City of Oakland | Human Services

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City of Oakland | Services

City of Oakland | Animals

City of Oakland | Meetings

City of Oakland | Adopt a Pet

City of Oakland | Events

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Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
City of Oakland \| Human Serviceswww.oaklandca.gov/departments/human-services	18
City of Oakland \| Official Website for the City of Oaklandwww.oaklandca.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	18
City of Oakland \| Departmentswww.oaklandca.gov/departments	17
City of Oakland \| Transportation (OakDOT)www.oaklandca.gov/departments/transportation	17
City of Oakland \| Serviceswww.oaklandca.gov/services	17
City of Oakland \| Animalswww.oaklandca.gov/services/category/animals	17
City of Oakland \| Meetingswww.oaklandca.gov/meetings	17
City of Oakland \| Adopt a Petwww.oaklandca.gov/services/adopt-a-pet	17
City of Oakland \| Eventswww.oaklandca.gov/events	17
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.oaklandca.gov/	17

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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