Sausalito: Green Gulch Farm Zen Center (Green Dragon Temple), (Soryu-ji)
- Part of the San Francisco Zen Center, Soto lineage. Offers a residency program and an extensive schedule of retreats.
- http://www.sfzc.org/ggf/

Los Angeles: Kusala.org
- A web site focused on the work of Rev. Kusala, an American born Zen Buddhist monk living in Los Angeles, California and home to the Los Angeles Buddhist - Catholic Dialogue.
- http://www.urbandharma.org/kusalaorg/

Los Angeles: Detroit St Zen Center
- Offers daily zazen and regular sesshins.
- http://www.detroitstzencenter.com

Northridge : Beginner's Mind Zen Center
- Offers weekly Soto Zen practice. Affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center.
- http://www.northridgezencenter.org/

Santa Monica Zen Center
- Weekly zazen, dharma talks and Bukido. Provides information about their programs.
- http://www.smzen.org/

Los Angeles: Hazy Moon Zen Center (Koun-ji Temple)
- Soto temple in the lineage of Maezumi Roshi. Offers regular weekly programs and periodic meditation intensives.
- http://www.hazymoon.com/

San Francisco: Hartford Street Zen Center
- A gay and lesbian Zen Center in the Castro district of San Francisco, affiliated with Zen Center of San Francisco, and practicing in the Soto tradition.
- http://www.hartfordstreetzen.com/

Los Gatos: Jikoji Zen Retreat Center
- Soto Zen temple and retreat center located one hour south of San Francisco, California in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Offer workshops and provides facilities for individual and group retreats.
- http://www.jikoji.org

San Diego: Hsi Fang Temple
- Chinese Ch'an Buddhist temple, founded by the Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Offers regular services for both its English and Chinese speaking sanghas.
- http://www.hsifang.org/

Warner Springs: Manzanita Village and Ordinary Dharma
- Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh. Affiliiated with Community of Mindful Living.
- http://www.ordinarydharma.org/

Burlingame: Crystal Springs Sangha
- Offers weekly group meditation and regular retreats.
- http://www.darlenecohen.net/crystalsprings.html

San Rafael: Dharma Eye Zen Center and The Old Fig Zendo
- Zen Meditation Community with senior dharma teacher Myogen Steve Stucky, offering zazen, dharma talks, classes, and retreats.
- http://www.dharmaeye.org/

Vallejo: Clear Water Zendo
- A Soto Zen Buddhist Temple in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and the San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers. The center offers regular meditation, meditation instruction, a discussion group, classes, one-day sittings, work practice, lectures and sp
- http://www.vallejozencenter.org/

San Francisco Zen Center
- With information City Center, Tassajara, and Green Gulch Zen Centers. Founded by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind).
- http://www.sfzc.org/

Cupertino: Bamboo In The Wind
- Affiliated with the Udumbara Zen Center. Soto practice.
- http://www.bamboointhewind.org/

Orange: Spacious Mind Learning and Retreat Center
- A learning center based on the Sudden Direct School of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism that is dedicated to the direct investigation of life itself and the naturally meditative mind.
- http://www.spaciousmind.org

Muir Beach: Goat-in-the-Road
- Offers practice in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition.
- http://www.goatintheroad.com

Fresno River Zen Group
- In the Soto tradition.
- http://www.emptynestzendo.org/favorite.htm

Modesto: Valley Heartland Zen Group
- In the Soto tradition.
- http://www.emptynestzendo.org/photo.htm

Central California Valley Zen Sangha
- Comprises three Zen meditation groups: Fresno River Zen in Fresno, Valley Heartland Zen Group in Modesto, and Empty Nest Zen Group in North Fork. In the Soto-style Bay Area Zen Centers tradition.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sitting/

Warner Springs: Ordinary Dharma
- Sitting group in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage.
- http://www.manzanitavillage.org/

Sonoma County Zen Center
- Offers weekly zazen and dharma talks. Affiliated with the Pacific Zen Institute, Harada Yasutani lineage.
- http://www.pacificzen.org/pages/Affiliates.htm

Los Angeles: The International Buddhist Meditation Center
- Founded in 1970 by Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Thien-An. The Center offers classes, meditation, and a residency program.
- http://www.ibmc.info/

Los Angeles: Dharma Zen Center
- Member of the Kwan Um School of Zen. Offers daily zazen practice.
- http://www.dharmazen.com/

Lafayette: Buddha Gate Monastery
- A Zen monastery in SF Bay area, in the traditional Chinese Ch'an lineage. Offers Zen meditation and Buddhism classes and lectures, and meditation retreats in both English and Chinese.
- http://www.buddhagate.org

San Rafael: Mountain Source Sangha
- Soto Zen group under the direction of Taigen Dan Leighton, dharma heir in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi.
- http://www.mtsource.org

Santa Rosa: Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, Genjo-ji
- Offers daily zazen practice in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.
- http://www.smzc.net/

Ojai: Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple
- A meditation retreat center affiliated with the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, a monastic and lay order in the Soto Zen tradition.
- http://www.pinemtnbuddhisttemple.org/

Berkley: Sixth Patriarch Zen Center
- Offers daily zazen practice and frequent retreats, in the Chogye lineage of Ku San Sunim.
- http://www.zenhall.org/

Hacienda Heights: Hsi Lai Temple
- Practices Humanistic Buddhism, an integration of Ch'an Buddhism (self-power) and Pure Land Buddhism (other-power).
- http://www.hsilai.org/

North Fork: Empty Nest Zen Sangha
- Offers Sunday services and dharma talks, and periodic sesshins in the Soto tradition.
- http://emptynestzendo.org/

San Diego: Three Treasures Zen Community
- Offers regular services, zazenkais, and sesshins. Operates in two location, Rancho Penasquitos and Vista. Member of the White Plum Asaga, Harada Yasutani lineage.
- http://www.ttzc.org/

Oakland: Bay Zen Center
- The Bay Zen Center originated in 1985 as a group of students studying with Charlotte Joko Beck, teacher at the Zen Center of San Diego. After receiving Dharma Transmission from Joko in 1994, Diane Eshin Rizzetto became the teacher and abbot of the Bay Zen
- http://www.bayzen.org/

National City: Sweetwater Zen Center
- A residential Soto Zen center in San Diego county. Practices in the lineage of Bernie Tetsugen Glassman Roshi and Taizan Maezumi Roshi.
- http://swzc.org

San Diego: Hidden Valley Zen Center
- Offers daily zazen practice. Uses Rinzai forms. Loosely affiliated with the Rochester Zen Center.
- http://www.hvzc.org/

El Monte: Mahayana Zengong
- Offers traditional Ch'an and Chi-Kung practices resulting in a complete Buddhist teaching of mind-body unification, as transmitted by Master Miao-Kung.
- http://www.zengong.org/

Berkeley Zen Center
- Soto lineage. Offers an extensive practice schedule.
- http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org/

Mountain Center: Zen Mountain Center
- A year-round Zen training center for resident and non-resident students. Affiliated with the Zen Center of Los Angeles and the Harada-Yasutani lineage.
- http://www.zmc.org/

Los Angeles: Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission
- The first Soto Zen Temple established in North America, in 1922. North American Headquarters of Sotoshu and a direct branch of Eiheiji and Sojiji, the two head temples in Japan. Offers zazen meditation, Buddist studies, tea ceremony, taiko drumming, clli
- http://zenshuji.org

Costa Mesa: Zen Center of Orange County
- Offers daily zazen practice and periodic retreats.
- http://www.zcoc.org/

Berkeley: Empty Gate Zen Center
- Founded in 1977, member of Kwan Um School.
- http://www.emptygatezen.com/

Santa Rosa: Pacific Zen Institute
- Formerly known as the California Diamond Sangha. Offers complete Zen practice in the Harada-Yasutani lineage.
- http://www.pacificzen.org/

Los Angeles: Zen Center of Los Angeles (Buddha Essence Temple )
- Founded by Maezumi Roshi in 1967. First center in the US of the Harada-Yasatani School. Offers complete Zen practice schedule.
- http://www.zencenter.org/

Mt. Shasta: Shasta Abbey Monastery
- Head temple of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, part of the Soto School of Zen. Provides complete training in the Serene Reflection tradition.
- http://www.obcon.org/sapg.html

Mt. Baldy Zen Center
- Mt. Baldy Zen Center is the main training facility of Rinzai-ji Inc. which was founded by Joshu Sasaki Roshi. It offers formal practice during the two training periods and less formal practice during the spring and fall.
- http://www.mbzc.org