If you live close to the coast, the weather is pretty monotonously perfect. :) Because I'm about 15 miles inland, I get a bit more variety, which is nice. In 2016 I lived within walking distance of the harbor, and let me tell you the weather is about as interesting as watching paint dry. (Of course that's much preferable to a hurricane or a tornado....)
When I lived in California, I spent most of my years in Concord. I moved (for the first time in my life) to Suisun when I got married in 1984. When I got divorced, in moved back to Concord and then a few years later moved to Antioch and then Lower Lake, CA followed by Clearlake, CA. The first time I moved to a different state was in 2005 after my dad's death.
If you are interested, I will post pics of same of the places me and the kids lived. Hint: the nicer homes belonged to my in-laws and parents. LOL
Being a single mom is less glamorous than it might seem.