I agree the more information you can provide the better, but I thought I might frame a few big picture considerations for you.
OK, so first, California has a truly wonderful public university system. So, so many great options, and at least pretty reasonable costs in-state. So honestly you could just apply broadly within the California system, then pick your favorite offer, and that would very likely be a very good result.
Given that, I think it is useful to ask why you would even consider doing anything else. And it doesn’t have to be a definitive answer, like you could want some different options without knowing for sure what you will pick in the end. But for any other colleges to which you are considering applying, I would suggest you should have some idea of why that would be giving you a different option to consider other than what you could get from your California applications.
So one answer some kids have is they would like to consider smaller colleges. But that doesn’t sound like you, which is fine.
Another answer some kids have is they would like to consider colleges in other states. Obviously there is an immediate problem with competing on cost, but it turns out there are various ways around that. You could consider colleges that are part of the WUE system. Some colleges would offer you merit, including colleges that offer merit for National Merit, but also others. Some just are not that expensive OOS.
I note most privates may be a little small for you, but not necessarily all. You could check out the Net Price Calculators and also look into merit at some. But you could also stick to publics.
There may be other reasons you would want to at least consider options outside the California public system–you tell us! But I do think it would help to think in those terms. Because again, if ends up you just take your favorite California public offer, I am quite sure that will already be setting a high bar for a combination of quality and affordability.