Depending on how far north you are, San Clemente has a pretty fun municipal course that they list as Billy Bell course. It doesn't play right on the cliffs, but you have ocean views from the majority of holes, and it has some nice strategic holes, 16 in particular. It's on some really nice land, and the weather is usually terrific.
I played in a PAT at Steele Canyon back when I thought I wanted to be a teaching pro, and I remember that I thought it was a fun course at the time, but as I've learned more about gca, I suppose my opinion might be a little different if I were to go back. I also played a college tournament at what I think was called Rancho San Diego, and now appears to be called the Cottonwood Club. It was pretty blah. Though it had just suffered some erosion from a creek that runs through the course. Heavy rains took half of one of the greens, and almost the entire tenth hole. As a result, everyone had to play and score two balls on one hole (the 16th, I think). Plus it was a 36 hole event, so we did that twice. Craziest local rule I've ever come across in a tournament.