Buses and Trains | City of Santa Barbara

Housing & Human Services | City of Santa Barbara

Maps of Santa Barbara | City of Santa Barbara

Waterfront | City of Santa Barbara

Getting Around | City of Santa Barbara

Harbor Patrol | City of Santa Barbara

Biking | City of Santa Barbara

Calendar of Events | City of Santa Barbara

Waterfront News and Events | City of Santa Barbara

Cookie Declarations | City of Santa Barbara

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

June 2025

May 2025

City of Santa Barbara

	Title / URL	Issues
	Buses and Trains \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/getting-around/buses-and-trains	1
	Housing & Human Services \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/services/housing-human-services	1
	Maps of Santa Barbara \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/getting-around/maps-santa-barbara	1
	Waterfront \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/things-do/waterfront	1
	Getting Around \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/getting-around	1
	Harbor Patrol \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/things-do/waterfront/harbor-patrol	1
	Biking \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/getting-around/biking	1
	Calendar of Events \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/events	1
	Waterfront News and Events \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/things-do/waterfront/waterfront-events	1
	Cookie Declarations \| City of Santa Barbarasantabarbaraca.gov/government/priorities-policies/website-policies/cookie-declarations	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Santa Barbara

Where this issue has occurred