Having been an FFL for a number of years, CA is overly restrictive in their firearm transfer requirements.
When they mandated that out of state weapons must go through their DOJ and get permits FOR EACH SHIPMENT, that is when I, and the majority of FFL's stopped selling to CA altogether.
It was cost prohibitive for me to hire dedicated personnel just to handle and deal with CA sales, so, I stopped selling to them entirely.
If the law had been to provide the DOJ a true copy of my federal and state licenses to get a permit number that CA DOJ could've processed or referenced would've been one thing and I would've done that, but to get a permit FOR EACH GUN or each package I sent to CA ?!?
Sorry charlie.