SMC - Home | County of San Mateo, CA

Page Not Found | County of San Mateo, CA

Tax Collector | County of San Mateo, CA

Board of Supervisors | County of San Mateo, CA

CalFresh | County of San Mateo, CA

Vacancies | County of San Mateo, CA

FAQs about CPS | County of San Mateo, CA

First time visit: View without clicking anything

County Attorney's Office | County of San Mateo, CA

Parks | County of San Mateo, CA

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

San Mateo County

Title / URL	Issues
SMC - Home \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/	2
Page Not Found \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Tax Collector \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/tax	2
Board of Supervisors \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/bos	2
CalFresh \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/hsa/calfresh	2
Vacancies \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/bnc/vacancies	2
FAQs about CPS \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/hsa/faqs-about-cps	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.smcgov.org/	2
County Attorney's Office \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/countyattorney	2
Parks \| County of San Mateo, CAwww.smcgov.org/parks	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

San Mateo County

Where this issue has occurred