8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 13, 2008

California Coastal Communities, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-17189	02-0426634
(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6 Executive Circle, Suite 250, Irvine, California	92614
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(949) 250-7700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure and Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 13, 2008, the Registrant issued a press release announcing its participation in the JMP Securities Research Conference in San Francisco on May 20, 2008. The presentation will be available via simultaneous webcast at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jmp6/calc/. A replay of the webcast and a copy of the presentation will be available on the Registrant’s website at http://investors.californiacoastalcommunities.com/ following the conclusion of the presentation.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished under Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any future registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1         May 13, 2008 press release of the Registrant announcing its participation in the JMP Securities Research Conference in San Francisco on May 20, 2008.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 14, 2008		California Coastal Communities, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Sandra G. Sciutto
		Sandra G. Sciutto
		Chief Financial Officer and
		Senior Vice President

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release

Contact:	Raymond J. Pacini
	Chief Executive Officer	May 13, 2008
	949-250-7781

CALC Presentation at JMP Securities Research Conference Available on Webcast

IRVINE, California — California Coastal Communities, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALC) announced today that management’s presentation at the JMP Securities Research Conference in San Francisco on May 20, 2008 will be available via simultaneous webcast at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at the following web link: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jmp6/calc/.  The webcast will also be available on the Company’s website at: http://investors.californiacoastalcommunities.com/ and a replay of the webcast will be available at the conclusion of the presentation.

The Company is a residential land development and homebuilding company operating in Southern California. The Company’s principal subsidiaries are Hearthside Homes, Inc. which is a homebuilding company and Signal Landmark which owns 110 acres on the Bolsa Chica mesa, where sales commenced in August 2007 at the 356-home Brightwater community.  Brightwater represents one of the last opportunities to develop a master planned community on the Southern California coast.  Hearthside Homes is building all of the homes at Brightwater and has delivered over 2,100 homes to families throughout Southern California since its formation in 1994.