If the water is warm enough you might be able to but again it's not gonna be like the gulf/Atlantic, people catch more leopard sharks and stuff like that rather ...more than Bulls and blacktips and stuff here
Hair jigs, spoons, and poppers would probably be fine for arties, as for bait, whatever you can catch in the surf, plus shrimp, squid, or small crabs should all ...more be fine
Well all but the Stripers will take smaller hooks like you're fishing for whiting in the gulf, striper will take circle hooks, but nothing as large as we use ...more for drum fishing
No reds, or black drum in Cali, you're most likely gonna be chasing corvina striper, and surf perch, all of which can be caught with similar tactics as gulf ...more fish, but with slightly different gear