CLEAN CALIFORNIA Community Designation
Do you take pride in your community – and want to make it even better? Would you like your community to be recognized as a beautiful and clean place to live? Help the place you love become a Clean California Community! Caltrans has launched a new statewide designation to reward communities for their hard work in staying clean and beautiful.
Four Simple Steps to Becoming a Clean California Community
Benefits
Learn the advantages your community will enjoy from the official designation.
- Personalized signage to be posted on-site with the Clean California Community designation seal.
- Recognition on state websites and social media posts, and state-partnered media outreach.
- Right to officially promote your community as a Clean California Community committed to the Zero Litter goal.
- Priority access to national grant opportunities, educational materials, and volunteer cleanup kits (while supplies last) from Keep America Beautiful, a Clean California partner.
- Automatic membership with state organization, Keep California Beautiful.
Criteria
What is required to become a
Clean CA Community?
The designation process itself is FREE. Your community must commit to meet 10 or more of the 15 criteria listed in the checklist below and be able to provide records that they were completed. Many of these criteria your community may already be doing!
Criteria (English) Criteria (Spanish)We, the leaders and residents of this community, share a deep sense of pride and a vision for a cleaner, greener community. We aim to elevate our community to greater heights.
Our goal is to be recognized as a model of excellence, known for our dedication to cleanliness and environmental stewardship.
The State of California has established the Clean California Community designation to honor communities that embody these values.
We pledge to upload the principles of the Clean California Community program. We dedicate ourselves to creating a community characterized by cleanliness, sustainability, and civic pride.
This pledge signifies our community’s commitment to the Clean California Community Program. Through our combined efforts, we promise to maintain a clean, green, and vibrant community for the well-being of all residents.
By e-signing below, I confirm that I am authorized to make this pledge on behalf of my community and to commit to meeting the criteria for becoming a designated Clean California Community within the next year.
Download the pledge certificate to proudly display your commitment to making your community and California a cleaner state.
Pledge (English) Pledge (Spanish)Resource & Information
The following guides provide information about the 15 Clean California Community Designation Criteria—10 of which are required to earn the designation.
Want to introduce this program to your community or community leaders? Visit the F.A.Q section below or contact us at designation@cleanca.com for more information.
Want to introduce this program to your community or community leaders? Visit the F.A.Q section below or contact us at designation@cleanca.com for more information.
For the Media
After three years of the state’s highly successful Clean California initiative — which has created 18,000 jobs and hauled away more than 2.6 million cubic yards of litter across the state — California is launching a new designation program to reward communities for committing to zero-litter policies and regular local cleanups.
The Newsom Administration joined the City of Fresno on August 3, 2024, to launch the program and designate Fresno as one of 30 California communities first to take the pledge. Link to Governor Newsom’s announcement here.
*The Designation Community list will be updated monthly.
For media inquiries, contact Peter Kavadeles at peter.kavadeles@ogilvy.com.
Resources & Information
Download the Clean California Community Designation Program Summary (PDF) in English or Spanish to learn how your community can achieve recognition for its commitment to cleanliness and beauty.
Want to introduce this program to your community or community leaders? Contact us at designation@cleanca.com to request additional resources.
Frequently Asked Questions