A safety has to be affordable. So, if your parents will only pay $20k per year, when their EFC will be much higher than that, that means that a safety would have to be a school that you know FOR SURE will give you enough merit so that the NET COST will be about $20k per year.
There aren’t many schools in Calif that have ASSURED merit for stats.
Does the safety have to be in Calif???
What is your major and career goal?