The Center for California Homeowner Association Law is a clearinghouse of consumer education, training, and referral services for the estimated 7 million California homeowners, who now live in a common interest development (CID) and for consumers who are considering purchasing an association home.

The Center is also a storehouse of information for nonprofits providing services to homeowners, for government agencies with jurisdiction over CIDs, and for public officials, journalists, and researchers delving into the public policy issues raised by CIDs in their role as quasi-local governments. The focus of the Center is the web of laws and regulations creating the CID legal framework that governs both the lives and the property of association homeowners.