About

The California Downtown Association represents thousands of diversified businesses throughout California within its network of downtown associations, cities, chambers of commerce, business districts, supportive vendors and consultants.

The California Downtown Association's primary purpose is to exchange information pertinent to business districts and to formulate solutions to mutually shared problems.

Established in 1971, California Downtown Association is a nonprofit corporation which that has grown from a few scattered cities to one of the strongest downtown organizations in the country. This has enabled it to successfully lobby in the State Legislature for statewide improvement programs as well as local funding legislation.

The California Downtown Association is committed to the long term preservation and prosperity of business districts everywhere.