CA ACR222

Calls on all California state agencies and subdivisions (counties, cities, schools, transit agencies, universities, utilities) to make their online content accessible to residents with great urgency.

Calls on all businesses providing goods or services in California to make their online content accessible to customers with great urgency.

Recognizes May 17, 2018, as Global Accessibility Awareness Day in California.

Notes that approximately 6.8 percent of California's population (2,688,492 people) have disabilities, with 2 percent having visual disabilities and 2.9 percent having hearing disabilities.

References the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 as frameworks for accessibility standards.