Secretary of State
http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/bpd_forms.htm#llc
Organizing(domestic)/Registering(foreign) - $70 (one-time)
Statement of Information - $20 (immediate, then biennial)
Franchise Tax Board
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/businesses/bus_structures/LLcompany.sh...
Minimum Franchise Tax - $800 (annual)
Corporations (domestic CA or foreign) but not LLCs apparently get a waiver on the minimum tax for the first year.
So $890 first year, then $800/$820 subsequent.
You can do all the filing yourself via mail if you're willing to wait roughly 30 days (see http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/bpd_processing_times.htm) or go to Sacramento and submit everything in person (plus a special handling fee of $15/filing) and still wait about 5 days.
If you were going to C-corp route or registering the LLC in another state (Delaware or Nevada), you generally do need some company to act as your agent there so you have an in-state address for the filings.
Wow, that's miserable.
By operating in California you'll essentially still owe the same franchise and other taxes, so you might as well form in California.
If you're interested enough in having an LLC to ask the question, perhaps you want to get a reference guide, like perhaps one of the Nolo Press guides. One example (they have a few):
http://www.nolo.com/product.cfm/ObjectID/15B382A6-2013-4BD0-...
And remember, legal advice you get for free in discussion threads is worth no more, and possibly less, than what you paid for it.