Where in SoCal are you? UCLA's like my dream med school. So hard for out of staters to get into CA schools, though.
Carlsbad. Moved from the Bay Area a couple of months ago.
Trick: Get into a "lesser" UC (UC Irvine, UCSD, UCSB) and then transfer. A lot of trouble but works every time. Each UC have their independent quota. That's what my chick did. You can the CalState route as well. Calstates are a slam dunk for a guy like out. Can do PreMed in LongBeach.