Services | City of Santa Clara

Respite / Warming Locations | City of Santa Clara

Police Department | City of Santa Clara

Permit Center | City of Santa Clara

Stay Informed | City of Santa Clara

City of Santa Clara | Home

Water & Sewer Utilities | City of Santa Clara

About Santa Clara | City of Santa Clara

Respite / Cooling Locations | City of Santa Clara

Utilities | City of Santa Clara

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
Services \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/services	1
Respite / Warming Locations \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/services/emergency-services/warming-centers	1
Police Department \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/police-department	1
Permit Center \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-a-f/community-development/permit-center	1
Stay Informed \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/i-want-to/stay-informed	1
City of Santa Clara \| Homewww.santaclaraca.gov/	1
Water & Sewer Utilities \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/water-sewer-utilities	1
About Santa Clara \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/about-santa-clara	1
Respite / Cooling Locations \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/services/emergency-services/cooling-centers	1
Utilities \| City of Santa Clarawww.santaclaraca.gov/services/utilities	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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