Exhibit 21.01

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMUNITIES, INC.  WORLDWIDE SUBSIDIARY LIST

|                              |                                     | Percentage
Ownership         |     | State/Country of
Incorporation
|----------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | --- | ------------------------------
|Hengro Fifteen Inc.           |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|Henley Disc Media, Inc.       |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|Henley Facilities, Inc.       |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|New Henley Holdings Inc.      |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|                              | Air Correction International, Inc.  |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | GCC Patents Holding Company Inc.    |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Hengro Fourteen Inc.                |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Hengro Ten Inc.                     |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Hengro Thirteen Inc.                |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Henley Deltec Holdings Inc.         |                              | 100 |                               
|                              |                                     | Henley Deltec Corporation    |     | 100                           
|                              | Henley Investments, Inc. Two        |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | IRE Corporation                     |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | LJC Investments, Inc.               |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Moore International Inc.            |                              | 80  |                               
|                              | Newco A.C. Corporation              |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Procon International Inc.           |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Pullman Environmental Services Inc. |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Pullman Passenger Car Company Inc.  |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Trailmobile International Ltd.      |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Trailmobile Leasing Corp.           |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | W.O.L. Corporation                  |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | W. W. C. Corporation                |                              | 100 |                               
|                              | Wheelabrator Export Corporation     |                              | 100 |                               
|Signal Landmark Holdings Inc. |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|                              | Signal Landmark                     |                              | 100 |                               
|                              |                                     | Calumet Real Estate Inc.     |     | 100                           
|                              |                                     | Hearthside Residential Corp. |     | 100                           
|Henley/KNO Holding Inc.       |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|Hearthside Holdings, Inc.     |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|                              | Hearthside Homes, Inc.              |                              | 100 |                               
|KREG Holdings Inc.            |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|NC Holding Company            |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|                              | Wentworth By The Sea, Inc.          |                              | *50 |                               
|Newco A. D. Corporation       |                                     | 100                          |     | South Carolina                
|Twenty Newco Inc.             |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|Wentworth Holdings Inc.       |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|                              | Wentworth By The Sea, Inc.          |                              | *50 |                               
|WESI Maryland Inc.            |                                     | 100                          |     | Delaware                      
|WT/HRC Corporation            |                                     | 100                          |     | Illinois                      
|                              | Heat Research Corporation           |                              | 100 |                               

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