Government Code Section 11135 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, among other characteristics, by any program or activity that is funded, wholly or in part, by the State of California or receives financial assistance from the state. State agencies have interpreted this to require their websites and digital services to be accessible.
In practice, California state agencies commonly point to Section 508 standards as the technical benchmark for complying with Section 11135, effectively importing federal accessibility requirements into state-level digital services through this state civil rights statute.