Each year, CRC recognizes community leaders, organizations, and elected officials with an official award. The recipients of of these awards have made positive impacts in low-income communities and communities of color, and contribute to CRC’s vision of a fair and equitable economy for all California citizens. Below are previous recipients of CRC's Awards.

Past Honorees

Northern California

  • Clarence Williams, California Capital
  • Housing4Sacramento Coalition
  • The Oakland Education Association
  • Orson Aguilar, the president of The Greenlining Institute
  • The Responsible Business Lending Coalition

Los Angeles

  • Sen. María Elena Durazo
  • Flagstar Bank

Northern California

  • Attorney General of California, Xavier Becerra
  • Sen. Holly J. Mitchell
  • Sen. Ricardo Lara
  • Coalition to End Criminal Justice Fee

Los Angeles

  • Sharon Kinlaw
  • ACT-LA

Northern California

  • Richard Cordray, CFPB
  • Senator Mark Leno
  • Measure A1 Ballot Champions
  • California Human Development

Los Angeles

  • Maxine Waters
  • Marva Smith Battle-Bey (1951-2016)

Northern California

  • MEDA
  • San Francisco Community Land Trust
  • Gail Hillebrand
  • Raise the Wage Sacramento

Los Angeles

  • Community Housing Works
  • Maria Cabildo

Northern California

  • Ted Mermin
  • Buena Vista Mobile Home Park Residents Association
  • Ted Gullickson (1953-2014)
  • Mutual Housing

Los Angeles

  • Environmental Justice Committee of AP3CON
  • Pat Dunlevy

Northern California

  • Annette Smith
  • Univisión
  • HERA
  • Christine Thien, Healthy Communities South Sacramento
  • Cathy Creswell

Los Angeles

  • Inner City Struggle
  • Khmer Girls in Action
  • Pat Pinto
  • Vermont Village Community Development Corporation

Northern California

  • Kamala Harris (then California Attorney General)
  • Sister Diane Donoghue and the Nuns on the Bus
  • San Jose City Council
  • * SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Heidi Li and Katrina Vizinau
  • Stephen Daues
  • Noah Harris
  • Lao KHMU Association

Los Angeles

  • Coalition for Economic Survival
  • LA Voice
  • Montebello Development Housing Corporation

Northern California

  • Causa Justa::Just Cause
  • Boona Cheema
  • Judy Hunter
  • Michael Rawson
  • *SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Steve Schwartz

Los Angeles

  • Dorothy Herrera Settlage
  • Communities for Clean Ports
  • United Neighbors In Defense Against Displacement (UNIDAD)

Northern California

  • Home Defenders League
  • San Diego City Council
  • Shirley Hochhausen
  • Tenants Together
  • Grantland Johnson
  • Kathy Tescher
  • Transitional Living and Community Support

Los Angeles 

  • Corporation for Supportive Housing
  • Pastor Herrera, Jr., Director of the Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs
  • Millicent “Mama” Hill, Founder of Mama Hill’s Help, Inc.

Northern California

  • Lynette Jung Lee, East Bay Asian Local Development Center
  • Northern Circle Indian Housing
  • People Acting in Community Together (PACT)
  • Dora Rivera, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Fresno
  • Kelly Davis, Reporter with San Diego City Beat
  • Felicity Lyons, California Coalition of Supportive Housing
  • Annette Smith, President of the Lyn Roc Tenant Association
  • Barbara Stanton, Founder & Director of RiderShip for the Masses
  • Mark Stivers, member of the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Commission 2011

Los Angeles

  • Angelica Rubio, East LA Community Corporation
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Pacoima CBA Panthers
  • Michael Banner
  • Hernan Vera

Northern California

  • Kerstin Arusha, Fair Housing Law Project
  • CCISCO (Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization)
  • Raul Pickett, Chief Executive Director of El Futuro Credit Union in Porterville
  • Christine Minnehan, Western Center on Law and Poverty
  • Roberts Family Development Center
  • Sacramento City Council
  • Safe Ground Sacramento

Los Angeles

  • Arlene Delaney
  • Father Richard Estrada, founder of Jovenes, Inc
  • Odion Okojie & Jerome Zamos

Northern California

  • Elaine Abelaye, Asian Resources Inc.
  • Ken Cross, Sacramento Habitat for Humanity
  • Mike Himes, Neighborworks Sacramento
  • Ron Javor, California Department of Housing and Community Development
  • Lori Gay, President and CEO of Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services
  • Ed Kussman
  • Ken McCormick, Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa County
  • Tony Young, San Diego City Council
  • Carolyn Said, Reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle

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