Black Contractor's Association
of California
Our Story
The Beginning
The Black Contractors Association of San Diego (BCA) was founded in 1982 as a community-based building trade association organized to promote equal opportunity for blacks in construction. The BCA was given $1,500,000 million dollars, through the Community Development Block Grant Programs from the City of San Diego, which was initiated and directed by Abdur-Rahim Hameed, Founder, and Executive President. The request of Brick and Mortar funding was granted by the late City Councilman George L. Stevens, who drew support from some of his colleagues on the City Council, such as; Councilman Juan Vargas, Barbara Warden, Kris Kehoe, and Councilman Harry Mathis.
National Headquarters
The grant was used to build the National Black Contractors Association's Headquarters which is a 10,000 square foot Apprenticeship Training Center for San Diego's inner-city youth and San Diego citizens, in support of the needs of training the unskilled. It also the NBCA Corporate office based in Southern California.
The future is bright for the small emerging contracting community that has built solid relationships in the construction industry over the past 37 plus years, working with major contractors, governmental agencies and politicians.
Membership
BCA membership is composed of Mom and Pop contractors seeking to do business with the broader community, as well as having an opportunity to do "The Big Jobs" in the City of San Diego and the State of California as a whole.
