You have to live in the right county in CA to get a CCW. The northern counties, northeast actually, usually let you have one. I live in Amador, but Calaveras, Eldorado and a few other s will give them out but of course, thanks to our idiotic AG, you have to be a resident of that paticular county even though the permit is a state wide permit.
That's better than my home state of New York. Concealed carry permits are handed out at the county level, but are generally not recognized outside of that county, unless said county has reciprocity.