I agree with cyclist 2000, the CA coast is not nearly 1500. It's a fairly easy ride save for big sur and parts like Laguna and Malibu where the traffic is hectic. You can get away with spending next to nothing for a tour, especially if you have the gear. If you don't there are ways to make panniers, cook stoves, tent ect. for zero dollars or mere pennies. As far as money on the road you can busk (I play the harmonica.) or pan-handle. Or you can schedule your ride around harvest season, which I've seen many fellas do. As far as sleeping I stayed free pretty much all along the coast from Vancouver to San Diego. You can use Warmshowers.com to stay on couches, our just sleep in groves and under bridges like many trans-folks do along the coast. Sleeping outside is pleasant and easy on the west coast compared to just about anywhere else in the country.

Anyway, good luck.