AGREEMENT OF JOINT FILING AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit (a)(9)

AGREEMENT OF JOINT FILING AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned hereby agrees that the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO to which this Agreement is attached and which relates to the shares of common stock, without par value, of Calprop Corporation (“Calprop”), a California corporation, may be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned in accordance with, and subject to, Rule 14d-1, Rule 13e-3 and all other applicable rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     Each of the undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx as his, her or its lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to prepare, execute in any and all capacities and file behalf of the undersigned, any filings or other documents required to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and relating to the securities of Calprop, including, without limitation, the Schedule TO referred to above, any additional Statement on Schedule TO and any Schedule 13E-3, and any amendment, modification, or supplement to any of the foregoing. Each of the undersigned agrees that this agreement may be executed in separate counterparts and that the effectiveness of this agreement and appointment of an attorney-in-fact with respect to the undersigned shall not be affected by whether this copy or any counterpart hereof is signed by any of the other persons whose names appear below.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the respective dates indicated below for each of the undersigned.

		Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Trust, dated March 20, 1992
Date: January 15, 2005		By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Title: Trustee
Date: January 15, 2005		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
		Xxxx Xxxxx
Date: January 15, 2005		/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
		Xxxx X. Xxxxx
		Xxxxx Investments, LLC
Date: January 15, 2005		By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
		Title: Managing Member

		Xxxx X. Xxxxx Trust
Date: January 15, 2005		By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
		Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
		Title: Trustee
		Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx Trust, dated June 20, 2001
Date: January 15, 2005		By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
		Title: Trustee
		Xxxxxx Xxx Zaccaglin Trust, dated June 20, 2001
Date: January 15, 2005		By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
		Title: Trustee