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 |
| Ontario | San Bernardino | 145,000 | 36.96 | 14 | 1992 | 1992 | 1997 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Orange | Orange | 122,282 | 23.70 | 8 | 1989 | 1989 | 1993 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| Orange Cove | Fresno | 7,859 | 1.60 | 2 | 1979 | 1979 | 1995 | 1979 | 1979 | 1979 | 1979 |
| Orinda | Contra Costa | 17,102 | 12.80 | 4 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Orland | Glenn | 5,668 | 2.30 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | 1996 | 1974 | 1974 | 1974 | 1974 |
| Oroville | Butte | 12,518 | 12.16 | 3 | 1995 | 1995 | 1993 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Oxnard | Ventura | 152,800 | 24.91 | 6 | 1996 | 1990 | 1995 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Pacific Grove | Monterey | 17,071 | 2.86 | 5 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Pacifica | San Mateo | 39,169 | 12.20 | 3 | 1980 | 1980 | 1992 | 1984 | 1980 | 1983 | 1980 |
| Palm Desert | Riverside | 34,000 | 22.50 | 5 | 1995 | 1995 | 1992 | 1980 | 1980 | 1980 | 1980 |
| Palm Springs | Riverside | 41,275 | 92.60 | 5 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Palmdale | Los Angeles | 114,874 | 102.00 | 8 | 1993 | 1993 | 1996 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Palo Alto | Santa Clara | 56,000 | 26.00 | 12 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 |
| Palos Verdes Estates | Los Angeles | 13,970 | 4.75 | 3 | 1972 | 1972 | 1972 | 1972 | 1972 | 1975 | 1975 |
| Paradise | Butte | 26,400 | 18.50 | 2 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Paramount | Los Angeles | 55,000 | 4.70 | 3 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Parlier | Fresno | 10,400 | 2.50 | 1 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 |
| Pasadena | Los Angeles | 140,400 | 23.00 | 24 | 1992 | 1992 | 1989 | 1976 | 1976 | 1975 | 1985 |
| Paso Robles | San Luis Obispo | 21,650 | 16.90 | 4 | 1991 | 1991 | 1994 | 1974 | 1974 | 1977 | 1994 |
| Patterson | Stanislaus | 9,785 | 2.10 | 1 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Perris | Riverside | 31,000 | 33.00 | 2 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1976 | 1985 |
| Petaluma | Sonoma | 50,439 | 13.38 | 11 | 1987 | 1987 | 1991 | 1987 | 1987 | 1987 | 1987 |
| Pico Rivera | Los Angeles | 61,790 | 8.70 | 5 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Piedmont | Alameda | 11,000 | 1.80 | 2 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Pinole | Contra Costa | 18,167 | 4.80 | 2 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Pismo Beach | San Luis Obispo | 8,200 | 3.20 | 2 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Pittsburg | Contra Costa | 50,832 | 15.50 | 4 | 1988 | 1988 | 1994 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Placentia | Orange | 45,550 | 6.67 | 2 | 1989 | 1982 | 1989 | 1974 | 1974 | 1975 | 1974 |
| Placerville | El Dorado | 9,200 | 7.00 | 2 | 1990 | 1990 | 1992 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Pleasant Hill | Contra Costa | 32,524 | 7.07 | 5 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Pleasanton | Alameda | 59,758 | 21.50 | 10 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Plymouth | Amador | 700 | 1.00 | 1 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Point Arena | Mendocino | 434 | 2.50 | 0 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Pomona | Los Angeles | 140,000 | 22.00 | 5 | 1989 | 1976 | 1989 | 1976 | 1976 | 1976 | 1976 |
| Port Hueneme | Ventura | 22,492 | 4.50 | 1 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 |
| Porterville | Tulare | 35,428 | 13.85 | 3 | 1994 | 1998 | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 | 1998 | 1988 |
| Portola | Plumas | 2,447 | 305.00 | 0 | 1989 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 |
| Portola Valley | San Mateo | 4,470 | 10.00 | 2 | 1982 | 1982 | 1990 | 1982 | 1982 | 1982 | 1982 |
| Poway | San Diego | 46,008 | 39.20 | 7 | 1991 | 1991 | 1993 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Rancho Cucamonga | San Bernardino | 116,045 | 37.53 | 10 | 1989 | 1989 | 1995 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| Rancho Mirage | Riverside | 10,788 | 24.50 | 5 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | Los Angeles | 41,659 | 13.60 | 5 | 1975 | 1975 | 1992 | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 |
| Red Bluff | Tehama | 13,063 | 7.50 | 2 | 1993 | 1992 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Redding | Shasta | 78,100 | 58.00 | 9 | 1992 | 1985 | 1992 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 |
| Redlands | San Bernardino | 65,202 | 36.00 | 6 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Redondo Beach | Los Angeles | 64,700 | 6.30 | 4 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Redwood City | San Mateo | 70,000 | 18.33 | 5 | 1990 | 1993 | 1993 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Reedley | Fresno | 19,549 | 4.27 | 2 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| Rialto | San Bernardino | 80,249 | 23.00 | 2 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Richmond | Contra Costa | 91,252 | 56.00 | 11 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Ridgecrest | Kern | 28,693 | 23.00 | 2 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Rio Dell | Humboldt | 3,000 | 2.25 | 0 | 1980 | 1977 | 1993 | 1972 | 1972 | 1975 | 1975 |
| Rio Vista | Solano | 3,950 | 6.50 | 1 | 1985 | 1991 | 1996 | 1991 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 |
| Ripon | San Joaquin | 10,000 | 4.80 | 1 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Riverbank | Stanislaus | 13,756 | 2.80 | 0 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1984 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Riverside | Riverside | 241,600 | 78.50 | 18 | 1994 | 1994 | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |
| Rocklin | Placer | 29,273 | 16.00 | 5 | 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Rohnert Park | Sonoma | 39,500 | 6.80 | 1 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 |
| Rolling Hills | Los Angeles | 1,999 | 3.00 | 1 | 1990 | 1990 | 1991 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Rolling Hills Estates | Los Angeles | 7,789 | 4.50 | 3 | 1992 | 1992 | 1994 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Rosemead | Los Angeles | 55,128 | 5.50 | 3 | 1987 | 1987 | 1996 | 1987 | 1987 | 1987 | 1987 |
| Roseville | Placer | 66,000 | 30.92 | 16 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Ross | Marin | 2,238 | 1.60 | 1 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Sacramento | Sacramento | 388,700 | 111.00 | 33 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| Salinas | Monterey | 123,329 | 18.70 | 10 | 1988 | 1988 | 1991 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 | 1988 |
| San Anselmo | Marin | 12,300 | 2.69 | 3 | 1988 | 1988 | 1996 | 1988 | 1975 | 1975 | 1975 |
| San Bernardino | San Bernardino | 191,000 | 59.40 | 6 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| San Bruno | San Mateo | 40,450 | 5.87 | 4 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 |
| San Carlos | San Mateo | 28,074 | 5.60 | 4 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| San Clemente | Orange | 47,300 | 17.10 | 9 | 1993 | 1993 | 1996 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 |
| San Diego | San Diego | 1,220,000 | 403.00 | 80 | 1990 | 1985 | 1995 | 1997 | 1997 | 1979 | 1985 |
| San Dimas | Los Angeles | 34,000 | 15.00 | 4 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 |