The current agenda, one click from home
The homepage links directly to the current agenda, posted in a searchable format at least 72 hours before each regular meeting, with the packet and past meetings a click away.
Services / Special districts
SPECIAL DISTRICT websites.
Endcap designs websites for California special districts and joint powers agencies. The homepage links straight to the current agenda, the transparency items state law requires are easy to find, and every template is designed and tested against WCAG 2.1 Level AA ahead of the federal accessibility deadline. Staff can post agendas, notices, and documents without calling a developer.
What’s included
What a special district website includes
Every site is designed and built by Endcap, with the pages, forms, and integrations agreed in your proposal.
Transparency in one place
Compensation, financial transactions reports, the enterprise system catalog, budgets, and audits each have a page that is easy to find and easy to keep current.
Accessible documents
Agendas and packets are published as tagged PDFs or web pages, and older material moves to a clearly marked archive.
Board and meetings
Each director has a page with the division they represent, and the site carries a meeting calendar, minutes, and recordings with captions.
Services residents use
Pages explain how to start or stop service, pay a bill, report a problem, and read notices, and link to the billing and request systems you already use.
Contact and accessibility help
Contact details appear on every page, and an accessibility page tells people how to ask for help with anything they cannot use.
Details
California rules the site has to meet
General information to plan the site around. It is not legal advice; your counsel owns the final wording of any compliance language.
From our work
In October 2026 we scanned the homepages of 38 Orange County special districts and joint powers agencies for accessibility. The findings, the most common failures, and the steps that fix them are in our review.
Read the review- A website is requiredSince January 1, 2020, every independent special district must maintain a website that clearly lists its contact information, unless its board adopts a resolution each year with findings that a hardship prevents it (Government Code section 53087.8). Source
- Agendas on the homepageFor meetings on or after January 1, 2019, an agency with a website must post the agenda on its homepage through a prominent, direct link that is not in a contextual menu, or through a direct homepage link to an agenda management platform that meets the statute’s conditions. The agenda must be in an open format that is searchable, downloadable, and machine readable (section 54954.2). Source
- CompensationAn agency that reports compensation to the State Controller must post that information in a conspicuous location on its website, or link to the Controller’s Government Compensation in California site (section 53908). Source
- Enterprise system catalogEvery local agency except a local educational agency (a school district, for example) must keep a catalog of its enterprise systems, update it every year, and post it in a prominent location on its website (sections 7922.710 and 7922.715). Source
- Federal accessibility deadlineUnder the Justice Department’s ADA Title II rule, special district websites must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by April 26, 2028, after an April 2026 interim final rule extended the original date. Source
Process
HOW A PROJECT
works.
One person runs your project from the first call to launch, and you approve each stage before the next one starts.
- 01
Talk it through
What the business does, who the website is for, and the material you already have.
- 02
Proposal
Pages, content, schedule, and price, set out in writing before any work begins.
- 03
Design and build
You review the design and then the working site, with two rounds of revisions.
- 04
Launch and care
We check every page and form at launch, then look after the site if you choose a care plan.
Does an independent special district have to have a website?
Yes. Since January 1, 2020, Government Code section 53087.8 requires one, with contact information clearly listed. A board can exempt the district only by adopting a resolution each year with findings that a hardship prevents it.
Where does the agenda have to appear?
On the homepage, through a prominent, direct link to the current agenda that is not in a contextual menu such as a drop-down, unless the district links from its homepage to an agenda management platform that meets the conditions in section 54954.2. The agenda must be posted in a searchable, downloadable format.
When does the ADA web rule apply to us?
Special district websites must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by April 26, 2028. Public entities serving 50,000 people or more have until April 26, 2027.
Can our staff post agendas and notices?
Yes. The pages staff update most, such as agendas, notices, and board pages, are set up so they can be posted without a developer, and documents go up in an accessible format.
Can you move us off our current platform?
Yes. We move the pages and documents you want to keep and set up redirects, so existing links to agendas, forms, and reports keep working.
What does a special district website cost?
Projects are quoted after a short conversation about the pages, documents, and systems involved. Scope, schedule, and price are agreed in writing before work begins.
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