UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                (Amendment No. 3)*


                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                         California Coastal Communities
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                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                    129915203
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                December 31, 2005
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

     Check the  appropriate  box to  designate  the rule  pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:

[X]      Rule 13d-1(b)
[ ]      Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ]      Rule 13d-1(d)




                                  SCHEDULE 13G
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CUSIP No. 129915203
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Name of Reporting Persons (entities only).
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons
MELLON HBV ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES LLC
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2  Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)(a)  [x]
                                                                      (b)  [ ]
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3  SEC Use Only
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4  Citizenship or Place of Organization
   United States of America
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  NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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Number of Shares        5  Sole Voting Power
Beneficially Owned by                 1,142,748

Each Reporting Person
With
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                        6  Shared Voting Power
                                        0
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                        7  Sole Dispositive Power
                                           1,142,748
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                        8  Shared Dispositive Power
                                        0
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9   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person
         1,142,748
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10  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
    Certain Shares (See Instructions)                               [ ]
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11  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
                   11.2 %
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12  Type of Reporting Person (see Instructions)
            IA
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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

Introduction:  Previously  the Reporting  Person named herein filed Schedule 13G
and amendments thereto with the Commission on October 8, 2003, February 14, 2004
and February 10, 2005. In such Schedule 13G and amendments, the Reporting Person
disclosed holdings  aggregated with those of Mellon Financial  Corporation.  The
Reporting  Person is making this  Schedule 13G filing to report only holdings in
the Issuer  beneficially owned by Mellon HBV Alternative  Strategies LLC and the
funds for which it acts as advisor. The Reporting Person serves as an investment
advisor  and  agent  for  certain  clients,  as  previously  disclosed,  and the
Reporting Person  exercises  voting and dispository  power over all such shares.
This Schedule 13G sets forth the aggregate number of shares  beneficially  owned
by the Reporting Person; it excludes any shares that may be deemed  beneficially
owned by Mellon  Financial  Corporation,  or any other shares of which Reporting
Person  does not  have  beneficial  ownership  and with  which  holdings  of the
Reporting  Person are not  aggregated.  Mellon  Financial  Corporation  is not a
reporting person hereunder.

Item 1.
                  (a)      Name of Issuer:
                           California Coastal Communities Inc. (the "Company")
                  (b)      Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office:
                           6 Executive Circle
                           Suite 250
                           Irvin, CA 92614

Item 2.           Name of Person Filing
                  (a)      Name of Person Filing:
                           Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies LLC
                  (b)      Address of Principal Office:
                           200 Park Avenue
                           54th Floor
                           New York, New York 10166-3399
                  (c)      Citizenship:

                           The Reporting Person is a Delaware limited
                            liability company.

                  (d)      Title of Class of Securities:  Common Stock
                  (e)      CUSIP Number:  129915203


Item 3. If Statement is filed  pursuant to Rules  13(d)-1(b) or 13d-2(b),  check
     whether Person Filing is a

     (a) [ ] Broker or dealer  registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C.
     78o);

     (b) [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

     (c) [ ]  Insurance  company as defined in section  3(a)(19)  of the Act (15
     U.S.C. 78c);

     (d) [ ] Investment  company  registered  under section 8 of the  Investment
     Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C.  80a-8);  (e) [x] An  investment  adviser in
     accordance with ss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

     (f) [ ] An employee  benefit  plan or  endowment  fund in  accordance  with
     ss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

     (g) [ ] A parent  holding  company or  control  person in  accordance  with
     ss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

     (h) [ ] A savings  association  as defined in Section  3(b) of the  Federal
     Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

     (i) [ ] A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment
     company under section  3(c)(14) of the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 (15
     U.S.C. 80a-3);

     (j) [ ] Group, in accordance with ss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

Item 4.           Ownership

     (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:

     The Reporting  Person owns 1,143,748  shares of the Company's  Common Stock
(the  "Shares").  The Reporting  Person serves as investment  adviser to certain
clients  (collectively,  the "Clients").  None of the Clients  individually owns
more than 5% but the Clients  collectively hold the Shares. The Reporting Person
has sole  voting and  dispository  power of the shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock held by each Client.

     (b)  Percentage of Class:

                           11.2%

     (c)  Number of shares of which such person has:

          (i)  power to vote or to direct the vote:

                            1,142,748

          (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

                             0

          (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

                             1,142,748

          (iv) Shared Dispositive Power:

                            0

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

                           Not Applicable.

Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

     The  Reporting  Person  serves as  investment  adviser of the Clients.  The
     Reporting Person has sole voting and dispository power of the shares of the
     Company's Common Stock held by each Client.


Item 7.  Identification  and  Classification  of Members of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Securities Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

                           Not applicable.

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

                           Not Applicable.

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.

                           Not Applicable.  See Introduction.


Item 10. Certification

     By signing  below I certify  that,  to the best of my knowledge and belief,
     the  securities  referred to above were acquired in the ordinary  course of
     business  and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with
     the effect of  changing  or  influencing  the  control of the issuer of the
     securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection  with or as
     a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

                                    SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief,  we
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

Date:  February 14, 2006

                                  MELLON HBV ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES LLC

                                  By: _/s/ WILLIAM F. HARLEY III
                                  Name:  William F. Harley III
                                  Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer