Awards | riversideca.gov

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Riverside, California | City of Arts & Innovation

LGBTQ Liaison | City Manager's Office

Permits | CEDD

City Services | riversideca.gov

Government | riversideca.gov

Connect | riversideca.gov

Residents | riversideca.gov

Community Calendar | riversideca.gov

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

January 2026

December 2025

City of Riverside

	Title / URL	Issues
	Awards \| riversideca.govriversideca.gov/awards	21
	First time visit: View without clicking anythingriversideca.gov/	5
	Riverside, California \| City of Arts & Innovationriversideca.gov/	5
	LGBTQ Liaison \| City Manager's Officewww.riversideca.gov/citymanager/lgbtq-liaison	2
	Permits \| CEDDwww.riversideca.gov/cedd/building-safety/building-safety-services/permits	2
	City Services \| riversideca.govriversideca.gov/services	1
	Government \| riversideca.govriversideca.gov/government	1
	Connect \| riversideca.govriversideca.gov/connect	1
	Residents \| riversideca.govriversideca.gov/residents	1
	Community Calendar \| riversideca.govriversideca.gov/calendar/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Riverside

Where this issue has occurred