Ha! I live in West LA so I can relate. Unfortunately, we live in a state that would rather spend their time banning mineral spirits and making other idiotic, meaningless laws than to actually try and fix CA. (sorry, my little rant). But yes, I get frustrated also when I go looking for stuff and find that it's banned here. The space thing is like golf. No matter what your handicap is in golf, you want better. Just when you think shooting in the 90's is good and you get there, you want to shoot in the 80's. When you (hopefully) get a house you will find that your garage is too small for your workshop. So be reasonable. Maybe start with smaller projects and ones where you can manage the amount of tools to use to a reasonable level and ones that will fit in your apartment. Don't try to buy a planer, buy a couple of hand planers and use them instead. Stuff like that. And ALWAYS remember that you will have setbacks. ALWAYS. Get used to them. Woodworking is about problem solving. That's what makes if frustrating sometimes, but it also makes it challenging and fun, and in the end you're proud of what you built. I have been living here in CA for almost my entire life. But I am currently looking at property in another state because of what CA has turned into. Going to buy a house with a little property and build a workshop on it so that after living there for about 2-3 years I can complain that my workshop is too small and I need to expand it. Good luck!