Camp Pendleton would be so amazing, but it just has to be in California. You'll have slightly (very very slightly) better luck in Orange County than you will in San Diego county, so if you haven't already found a place to live start looking north (assuming you'll be on Pendleton, and assuming your MOS is in your username, Camp Flores is right at the dividing line between SD and OC, so you aren't going to be driving any further by getting a place north of base. That being said, don't have high hopes. The only guy I ever worked with that managed to get a permit had a vending machine business on the side, so he was able to leverage the fact that he carried lots of cash on a daily basis when he filled out his permit application.