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Paso Robles, California
Paso Robles, officially El Paso de Robles, is a city of about 31,000 in northern San Luis Obispo County, California, known for hot mineral springs and its surrounding wine country.
Perris, California
Perris, California: Riverside County city (pop. 83,237 est. 2025) incorporated 1911, named for railroad engineer Fred T. Perris; home of Lake Perris State Recreation Area, the Southern California Railway Museum, and a major Inland Empire warehouse hub.
Pismo Beach, California
Pismo Beach, California: small San Luis Obispo County coastal city (pop. ~7,900), the 'Clam Capitol of the World', known for its pier, Pismo clam fishery history, monarch butterfly grove, and tourism-driven economy.
Pomona, California
Pomona, California: charter city in Los Angeles County named for the Roman goddess of fruit, incorporated 1888, population about 148,000, home of Cal Poly Pomona and the Metro A Line's San Gabriel Valley terminus.
Poway, California
Poway, California: "City in the Country," a city in northeast San Diego County incorporated December 1980, population about 49,000, over half its 39.4 square miles preserved open space, served by Poway Unified School District.
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Rancho Cucamonga is a general law city in western San Bernardino County, California, incorporated in 1977 from Cucamonga, Alta Loma, and Etiwanda; population about 174,453 (2020), area 46.5 square miles.
Rancho Mirage, California
Rancho Mirage is a Coachella Valley city in Riverside County, California, incorporated in 1973, known for country clubs, golf resorts, Desert Modern architecture, and the Disney Cotino community; population about 17,900, heavily retired and affluent.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Rancho Palos Verdes is a 1973-incorporated general law city in Los Angeles County on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, population about 39,654 (2025 estimate), known for the ongoing Portuguese Bend landslide, FEMA-funded buyouts, and dewatering remediation.
Redlands, California
Redlands, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County, founded 1881, incorporated 1888, once the Washington Navel Orange Growing Capital of the World; population about 74,000, home of the University of Redlands and Redlands Bowl.
Redondo Beach, California
Redondo Beach is a coastal city on Santa Monica Bay in Los Angeles County, California, incorporated in 1892 with a 1.5-mile shoreline and horseshoe-shaped pier.
Rialto, California
Rialto, California: Inland Empire city in San Bernardino County, incorporated 1911, named after Venice's Rialto Bridge; former citrus town, now a 106,000-person logistics and warehouse hub.
Ridgecrest, California
Ridgecrest, California: a city in the Indian Wells Valley, northeastern Kern County, incorporated 1963; support community for Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake; site of the 2019 M6.4 and M7.1 earthquakes.
Riverside, California
Riverside, California: Inland Southern California county-seat city founded in 1870, birthplace of the navel orange industry and Mission Revival architecture, home of the Mission Inn and UC Riverside, population about 319,000.
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city in Southern California and the county seat and largest city of San Bernardino County, founded in 1810 by Spanish missionaries and incorporated in 1854.
San Clemente, California
San Clemente, California: "Spanish Village by the Sea," southernmost Orange County coastal city founded by Ole Hanson in 1925, incorporated 1928, population about 62,000, known for Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, surfing, and coastal erosion threatening its rail line.
San Diego
San Diego, California's second-largest city (2020 population 1,430,483), county seat founded 1769 and chartered 1850; economy of defense, life sciences, and tourism; faces a $318 million structural city budget deficit.
San Dimas, California
San Dimas, California: a San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County, incorporated August 4, 1960, population about 34,924. Formerly Mud Springs, a citrus town born with the 1887 Santa Fe Railroad; council-manager government.
San Juan Capistrano, California
San Juan Capistrano is an Orange County, California city incorporated in 1961, population about 35,000, built around Mission San Juan Capistrano, founded November 1, 1776 as the seventh of 21 Alta California missions.
San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo is a California central-coast city, county seat, home of Cal Poly (est. 1901), founded around Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772; population about 50,600 with high housing costs.
San Marino, California
San Marino, California: affluent San Gabriel Valley city in Los Angeles County, incorporated 1913 by Henry E. Huntington and neighbors; home of the Huntington Library; about 12,500 residents, 68% Asian, median household income $214,167.
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California: county seat of Orange County, founded 1869 by William H. Spurgeon on the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana; about 315,000 residents, 76.6% Hispanic, dense transit-served urban center.
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California: coastal city and Santa Barbara County seat between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific; population about 91,930, Mediterranean climate, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, 1782 presidio, 1786 mission, 1925 M6.3 earthquake, severe housing unaffordability.
Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita, California: a Los Angeles County city incorporated December 15, 1987, 30 miles north of downtown LA, comprising Saugus, Newhall, Valencia, and Canyon Country; third-largest county city with about 230,000 residents.
Santa Maria, California
Santa Maria is the largest city in Santa Barbara County, California, incorporated in 1905, with about 110,000 residents, a Latino-majority population, an agricultural and oil-based economy, and a 2045 general plan for 16,000 new homes.
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California: beachside city of 8.3 square miles in Los Angeles County, founded 1875 by Jones and Baker, incorporated 1886; about 90,000 residents, Santa Monica Pier, Silicon Beach economy, and 8 million annual tourists.
Seal Beach, California
Seal Beach, California: coastal Orange County city between Long Beach and Huntington Beach, incorporated 1915 as Seal Beach (formerly Bay City), population about 25,000, home to California's second longest wooden pier and the Naval Weapons Station covering two thirds of its land.
Simi Valley, California
Simi Valley is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, about 37 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Incorporated in 1969, population 126,356 (2020 census), third largest of the county's ten cities.
Solvang, California
Solvang, California: a Santa Ynez Valley city in Santa Barbara County founded in 1911 by Danish immigrants, known for Danish-style architecture and about 1 million annual visitors; incorporated 1985, population about 6,000.
South Gate, California
South Gate, California, a city in Los Angeles County incorporated January 20, 1923, named for the south gate of the Rancho San Antonio land grant; about 90,000 residents, Council-Manager government, and a twentieth-century industrial base.
Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi, California, is a city of about 12,000 in Kern County, set on a ridge between the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert, known for the Tehachapi Loop and wind energy.