CSSA fosters and coordinates communication among campus student associations to bring about unity in addressing campus and statewide issues affecting the individual campuses and campus student associations as well as the California State University system. This association shall not carry on activities that would jeopardize its status as an organization exempt for taxation under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
CSSA provides a unified voice for over 480,000 students of the California State University system. The Association represents each of the system's 23 campuses, which range in diversity from the northern California redwood campus of Humboldt State University to the southernmost campus of San Diego State University.