The California Planners' 1999 Book of Lists
| Jurisdiction | County | Population | Area Sq. Miles | No. of Planners | Land Use | Circulation | Housing | Open Space | Conservation | Safety | Noise |
| Adelanto | San Bernardino | 15,000 | 53.00 | 2 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Agoura Hills | Los Angeles | 21,100 | 8.00 | 3 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Alameda | Alameda | 78,308 | 12.40 | 7 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Albany | Alameda | 17,200 | 1.50 | 2 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Alhambra | Los Angeles | 89,486 | 7.60 | 2 | 1986 | 1986 | 1989 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Alturas | Modoc | 3,300 | 3.00 | 2 | 1988 | 1988 | 1993 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Amador City | Amador | 210 | 1.00 | 1 | 1983 | 1983 | 1992 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 |
| American Canyon | Napa | 9,017 | 3.50 | 2 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Anaheim | Orange | 295,452 | 50.00 | 21 | 1997 | 1994 | 1992 | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 | 1984 |
| Anderson | Shasta | 8,654 | 6.20 | 1 | 1985 | 1994 | 1992 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 |
| Angels Camp | Calaveras | 2,975 | 14.50 | 0 | 1995 | 1995 | 1992 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Antioch | Contra Costa | 76,538 | 27.16 | 3 | 1988 | 1988 | 1992 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Apple Valley | San Bernardino | 56,000 | 78.00 | 3 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Arcadia | Los Angeles | 50,000 | 12.00 | 5 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Arcata | Humboldt | 16,400 | 10.00 | 4 | 1988 | 1980 | 1993 | 1989 | 1989 | 1987 | 1989 |
| Arroyo Grande | San Luis Obispo | 15,500 | 5.45 | 4 | 1990 | 1986 | 1993 | 1990 | 1990 | 1986 | 1994 |
| Artesia | Los Angeles | 16,700 | 6.20 | 2 | 1993 | 1993 | 1990 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Arvin | Kern | 11,000 | 2.20 | 1 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| Atascadero | San Luis Obispo | 24,850 | 24.38 | 4 | 1992 | 1993 | 1991 | 1992 | 1992 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Atherton | San Mateo | 7,300 | 6.00 | 2 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Atwater | Merced | 23,000 | 5.00 | 3 | 1992 | 1992 | 1993 | 1992 | 1992 | 1983 | 1983 |
| Auburn | Placer | 11,422 | 7.23 | 2 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Avenal | Kings | 12,049 | 19.50 | 1 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Azusa | Los Angeles | 44,640 | 9.50 | 2 | 1985 | 1983 | 1984 | 1989 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 |
| Bakersfield | Kern | 214,554 | 111.07 | 11 | 1990 | 1990 | 1993 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Baldwin Park | Los Angeles | 73,300 | 7.00 | 3 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| Banning | Riverside | 23,896 | 22.12 | 2 | 1986 | 1994 | 1991 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Barstow | San Bernardino | 22,600 | 32.80 | 2 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 |
| Beaumont | Riverside | 10,400 | 26.00 | 2 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Bell | Los Angeles | 37,166 | 2.10 | 1 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Bell Gardens | Los Angeles | 42,355 | 2.40 | 2 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Bellflower | Los Angeles | 64,458 | 6.14 | 2 | 1977 | 1977 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Belmont | San Mateo | 25,200 | 4.30 | 3 | 1982 | 1982 | 1990 | 1994 | 1982 | 1982 | 1996 |
| Belvedere | Marin | 2,252 | 2.10 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Benicia | Solano | 27,600 | 14.10 | 3 | 1979 | 1979 | 1993 | 1979 | 1979 | 1979 | 1979 |
| Berkeley | Alameda | 108,000 | 10.50 | 17 | 1977 | 1977 | 1990 | 1977 | 1977 | 1977 | 1977 |
| Beverly Hills | Los Angeles | 33,700 | 5.60 | 11 | 1977 | 1977 | 1995 | 1977 | 1979 | 1976 | 1975 |
| Big Bear Lake | San Bernardino | 6,075 | 7.10 | 2 | 1984 | 1984 | 1993 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 |
| Bishop | Inyo | 3,474 | 2.00 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Blue Lake | Humboldt | 1,235 | 0.43 | 1 | 1986 | 1986 | 1992 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Blythe | Riverside | 22,167 | 24.27 | 3 | 1989 | 1989 | 1995 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| Bradbury | Los Angeles | 938 | 1.99 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Brawley | Imperial | 22,705 | 5.80 | 2 | 1995 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Brea | Orange | 35,254 | 11.10 | 6 | 1986 | 1993 | 1991 | 1997 | 1997 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Brentwood | Contra Costa | 14,493 | 9.94 | 4 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Brisbane | San Mateo | 3,195 | 3.46 | 2 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Buellton | Santa Barbara | 3,589 | 1.60 | 1 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Buena Park | Orange | 73,072 | 10.29 | 6 | 1994 | 1994 | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Burbank | Los Angeles | 102,481 | 17.13 | 14 | 1988 | 1965 | 1989 | 1972 | 1972 | 1997 | 1992 |
| Burlingame | San Mateo | 26,666 | 5.00 | 3 | 1969 | 1969 | 1994 | 1973 | 1973 | 1975 | 1975 |
| Calabasas | Los Angeles | 23,000 | 12.90 | 4 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Calexico | Imperial | 25,167 | 6.17 | 1 | 1992 | 1992 | 1993 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| California City | Kern | 9,000 | 203.44 | 0 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Calimesa | Riverside | 7,280 | 14.80 | 3 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Calipatria | Imperial | 2,690 | 1.80 | 3 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Calistoga | Napa | 4,800 | 2.50 | 2 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Camarillo | Ventura | 58,587 | 19.29 | 6 | 1993 | 1995 | 1992 | 1989 | 1989 | 1990 | 1996 |
| Campbell | Santa Clara | 39,312 | 6.50 | 6 | 1983 | 1983 | 1992 | 1990 | 1972 | 1975 | 1975 |
| Canyon Lake | Riverside | 10,500 | 4.60 | 2 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Capitola | Santa Cruz | 10,800 | 2.00 | 2 | 1989 | 1989 | 1993 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| Carlsbad | San Diego | 73,700 | 42.20 | 18 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Carmel | Monterey | 4,400 | 1.00 | 4 | 1990 | 1983 | 1994 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 |
| Carpinteria | Santa Barbara | 14,618 | 2.50 | 2 | 1986 | 1986 | 1995 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Carson | Los Angeles | 90,554 | 19.24 | 8 | 1982 | 1981 | 1989 | 1981 | 1981 | 1981 | 1981 |
| Cathedral City | Riverside | 34,927 | 19.00 | 2 | 1986 | 1986 | 1996 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 | 1986 |
| Ceres | Stanislaus | 32,000 | 7.07 | 4 | 1997 | 1997 | 1992 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 |