No ban on drones. La city you are unable to take off or land from public property, and because of all the helicopters we have no fly zones everywhere. as far as beach flying all the way south to dana point is a great spot, but in orange county. just use b4ufly app from the faa there are small little pieces you can fly in outside of the no fly zone. I flew in long beach and just called ATC where I was and gave them altitude I would stay below, I told them I would maintain below 300 feet. I had no problems.