Which towns in California are most liberal?

I am going off to college soon. I have been having some trouble finding out which places in California are most liberal. It's very important to me that it is liberal. I would like it if it was near the beach and somewhere between San Fransisco and San Diego. Sorry to get so specific!Which towns in California are most liberal?
The Bay Area is the most liberal region in the country, so pretty much anything in or near there will be liberal except for the Central Valley.





Your best bet for a liberal college town near the beach is Santa Cruz and the main university there is UC Santa Cruz. There is also Cabrillo Community College. The city is VERY VERY liberal and was one of the first cities to allow medical marijuana. It's also on the beach and since it faces south it's much warmer than most coastal cities in Northern CA.





Davis is also a VERY liberal college town halfway between SF and Sacramento and the school there is UC Davis. But it's not near any beaches.





Santa Barbara is pretty liberal but there are a lot of rich people there so it's that limousine liberalism and there are conservatives as well b/c of all the wealth. UC Santa Barbara is a good school but a huge party school.





San Luis Obispo is fairly liberal and a college town that is only about 15 mintues to the ocean. Cal Poly SLO is the school there.





Santa Monica is also very liberal but not a college town, but there are several colleges and universities nearby like UCLA, Loyola Marymount, Santa Monica Community College, Pepperdine (which is a conservative school), a couple of Cal State Universities like Dominguez Hills and Long Beach.





SF of course is very liberal but the beaches are pretty cold there. SF State is right near the ocean and there are a couple of other schools like USF and Cal Berkeley across the bay, and Berkely is probably the most liberal of all cities in america.





But just be aware that once you go north of Santa Barbara the ocean water is always too cold to swim in anytime of year and the weather is cooler and foggier than the Southern Ca coast.Which towns in California are most liberal?
Santa Monica. I've heard people jokingly call it ';The People's Republic of Santa Monica'; meaning that the politics there is somewhat left wing.





I should say the people I know who've said it say it sort of affectionately. I'm pretty left wing, and hang with a pretty liberal crowd. So it's meant jokingly, by people who approve!
I think the most liberal is Arcata, but I may be off.


Per your limitations: Santa Cruz or Santa Barbara.
The perfect place for you is Berkely! The location is very convenient to SF, just 20 minutes (13 miles) across the bay. UC Berkeley is a great school and it's just a short drive from many, many beaches.
Santa Barbara is fairly liberal and has a state and UC school. Chico is liberal, but farther north than SF. San Franscisco is very liberal and has a state and UC school. San Diego is not liberal and you should plan on staying clear of there. Los Angeles is thought to be liberal but areas around UCLA and such can be a little conservative. It is all a matter of degrees. Irvine is very conservative.





Okay, so what is your major? When you say liberal, do you mean politically or socially?