<ul class="static">
<li class="static"><a class="static menu-item" href="/SitePages"> </a></li>
<li>other anchor tags</li>
<li></li>
</ul>
$('a[href="/SitePages"]').bind('click', function(){
$(this).closest('li').css({
backgroundColor: "#000"
});
});
$('a[href="/SitePages"]').click(function(){this.parent.css("background-color", "blue")});
$('a[href="/SitePages"]').click(function(){this.closest('li').css("background-color", "blue")});