Here's one for your consideration.
Santa Cruz from Wilton Type Foundry

Try this:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/yellow-design/thirsty-script/

hhp

Sunny Days (House of Lime)
VTKS Sunny Day
HiHRetroFonts Smiley Sunshine
LMS Beach Scrawl (and some other LMS fonts)

- Herb

This assignment will be worth 25% of your final grade.

The "California beach lifestyle," insofar as you may be thinking of surfers, skateboarders, Muscle Beach, and Jeff Spicoli, existed for about a nanosecond back in the middle 60s. (I'm a native Californian from that era.) Today, pick something that any marketdroid would like. Palm tree glyph optional.

Thanks.

many thanks for the suggestions.

have a good day.

Try Calypso from Studio-K at myfonts.com See attached image. Font is at half price this month.