Support Our Work

CalHDF (the artist formerly know as CaRLA) is a very small, but very feisty team with goals of making California more livable for all, but we can’t do it alone.

In 2021, 97% of our funding came from individual donations from people like you. Your contributions help our work of keeping cities such as San Mateo, Huntington Beach, and more from denying housing.

Your donations go to providing salaries to staff to proactively monitor cities across the state and respond to inquiries from the public. You support also helps us support homeowners trying to build ADUs and small developers who don’t have legal teams but want to provide homes allowed by law across California with the following free services:

CalHDF (also doing business as CaRLA) is a 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profit. Your contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Our EIN is 47-5414850.

Other Ways to Donate

If you wish to donate by paper check, please can mail it to:

California Housing Defense Fund
360 Grand Ave, #323
Oakland, CA 94610

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Do you have a DAF? You already took the tax deduction, send the donation our way!

California Housing Defense Fund
360 Grand Ave, #323
Oakland, CA 94610

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Get invited to come hang out with us for a quarterly happy hours if you so happen to be in or around the East Bay.

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Get a free swag item of your choice yearly from our upcoming selection when you donate at the Sustainer level of $25 or more per month.