Personal records | CA.gov

Jobs and unemployment | CA.gov

Travel and recreation | CA.gov

Education | CA.gov

Translate this website | CA.gov

404 | CA.gov

California State Portal | CA.gov

Technical help | CA.gov

Accessibility | CA.gov

Assistance and social programs | CA.gov

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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October 2025

State of California

	Title / URL	Issues
	Personal records \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/topics/personal-records/	5
	Jobs and unemployment \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/topics/jobs/	5
	Travel and recreation \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/topics/recreation/	5
	Education \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/topics/education/	5
	Translate this website \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/translate/	5
	404 \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/invented-url-for-404-page	5
	California State Portal \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/	5
	Technical help \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/support/technical-help/	5
	Accessibility \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/legal/accessibility/	5
	Assistance and social programs \| CA.govwww.ca.gov/topics/assistance/	5

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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