go norcal for sure. it is way to fuckin hot in socal, and most of the most grow-friendly counties are situated up north. seems like you wanna live in socal though. temecula and riverside is full of a bunch of heroin addicts and coke heads. so is alot of the rest of socal, norcal is a much more laid back lace with i'd say a higher percentage of peole involved int he whole cannabis thing. Santa Cruz, lake Tahoe area and the sierras, san francisco, sonoma county, lake county, and of course Humboldt and Mendocino are all nice.. the entire north coast is cool, redwoods and all. from what you listed i'd guess i would try to settle somewhere outside of Sacramento, because sac Town is alot bigger than you might think, (think miami metro) It is also very hot. from the list you gave i think you might find Santa Cruz to be perfect although it wasn't on there, on the beach, good grow guidleines, nice and warm but not blistering like the inland low elevation areas