About Us
The California Community Land Trust Network (CACLTN) is a membership organization representing Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in California. The Network has grown to 50+ statewide CLT organization members since its incorporation in 2017. CLT members span the entire state from Humboldt County in the North to San Ysidro, near the Mexican border, encompassing both rural and urban areas, tribal and indigenous members. The CLT Network was founded to help the growing CLT movement collaborate on advocacy and to facilitate capacity building for emerging CLTs. The Network hired its first staff in 2021, and since its inception its members, board of directors and staff have played critical roles in guiding the mission of the organization and supporting operations and programs. The Network board is elected by members and includes staff, board members, and residents of member CLTs.
Through member organizations, the Network seeks to increase homeownership and strengthen housing stability in California’s low-income and BIPOC communities.
The CLT Network maintains an active peer-to-peer capacity building program, curriculum program, community building program, and technical assistance in various topics to expand the capacity of organizations committed to community ownership and permanently affordable housing for low-income households. The Network also has a robust legislative advocacy program through which it works to impact California’s policy landscape to create more opportunities for CLTs and community ownership organizations to promote access to stable affordable housing in perpetuity. The CLT Network’s advocacy effort has primarily focused on the state level, where the Network has sponsored four successful bills since 2018, including growing collaborative work with CLT members and CLT coalitions at the local and regional levels.