Exhibit 31.1


                        CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO

                    SECTION 302 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Victor Zaccaglin, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Calprop Corporation, a
California corporation (the "Registrant");

2. Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Quarterly
Report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;

4. The Registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:

              a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
              such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
              supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
              Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
              to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
              period in which this Quarterly Report is being prepared; and

              b. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
              controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report our
              conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
              procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
              based on such valuation; and

              c. Disclosed in this Quarterly Report any changes in the
              Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
              occurred during the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that
              has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
              affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial
              reporting.

5. The Registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of Registrant's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent function):

              a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
              design or operation of internal controls which are reasonably
              likely to adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record,
              process, summarize and report financial information; and

              b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
              other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's
              internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: December 10, 2004

                                                  /s/ Victor Zaccaglin
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                                                  Victor Zaccaglin
                                                  Chairman of the Board
                                                  Chief Executive Officer


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