California Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) empowers nonprofit organizations, such as Community Development Corporations and Community Action Agencies, to succeed in transforming their communities through policy advocacy and technical assistance.
During the last six months, the CCEDA board of directors has added five exciting new leaders representing diverse sectors in community economic development. We plan to expand the board this year by adding up to five more directors bringing us closer to the 15 mandated by our bylaws.
At its heart, CCEDA is a membership association and our members shape the direction of the organization along with the board. The board plans to hold at least four regional meetings throughout the state to share our plans and gain insights from current and prospective members. Our aim is “adding value” to our members through information, training, sharing lessons from others, as well as aggressively identifying new resources in the public and private sectors.
A strong membership will enable us to become a more dynamic voice of community economic development in California. The CCEDA board and staff are committed to making public policy one of the association’s top priorities this year. Community economic development has not had a strong unified voice in Sacramento. CCEDA plans change by establishing an active public policy committee to guide our work and by sponsoring a Public Policy Convening later this year in Sacramento. Plan to attend so that your voice will be heard as we work to build political support in California.
Another important issue that CCEDA plans to tackle in 2026 is immigration; specifically the disastrous impact of ICE on large and small businesses, especially immigrant-owned businesses, non-resident occupied affordable housing, and childcare operations. Most people and organizations are not aware of their rights and are easily intimidated. CCEDA is partnering with the National Immigration Law Center, National Small Business Advocacy Center, and Insight Center to initially sponsor a webinar on February 18th targeted at CDCs, CAAs, small businesses, and individuals. This is the first step of a growing number of initiatives to help our businesses and housing developers understand and protect their workers from illegal practices. This type of partnership is the core of our community economic development mission and values.
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– Bob Zdenek, Interim Executive Director
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (CCEDA) serves as a clearinghouse for information and action that advances the field of community economic development through training and continuing education, technical assistance, and advocacy on public policy.
All CCEDA’s activities serve our membership — organizations actively engaged in revitalizing California’s neighborhoods, including resident driven community development corporations, local governments, community action agencies and faith based institutions. CCEDA members produce results through a full range of community building strategies including real estate development-housing, retail and commercial-business assistance and lending, social services, and job training and creation.
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