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Image and context	✅ Ideal descriptive alt text Describes the scope and relevancy of the image. Aim for less than 120 characters	🆗 Brief alt text Technically accurate, but does not give context or scope	❌ Not descriptive Not human readable, if defaulted to the filename
Used on a page about SFGovTV’s work.	An SFGovTV camera operator captures a large press conference at Union Square, with Mayor London Breed at the lectern.	Camera operator.	Image%20%283%29.jpeg
Used on a page about how to host a street and sidewalk event.	A band plays for a crowd in the middle of a public parking lot, on top of a large octopus mural.	Block party.	image-20220923-233726-b16f0cbb.jpeg
Used on an event page about a free citizenship workshop.	An Asian woman checks the paperwork from an older Asian man as they sit opposite at a crowded conference table.	Workshop.	DSC04074.JPG
Used on a page about SF’s economic recovery.	Riders board a T-Third Muni Metro train at the Muni stop outside of the Chase Center in the Mission Bay neighborhood.	Muni light rail train.	Transportation%20Excellence.jpg
Used for a DAHLIA listing	Large, empty bedroom with bay windows, another window, dark hardwood floors, and high ceilings.	Bedroom 1	Room%20%283%29.jpeg