Possible Clues:

• Compton's state, to rappers
• San Diego's state, informally
• Home to San Fran
• City south-southwest of Medellin
• Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally
• Left Coast state, casually
• City that hosted the 1971 Pan American Games
• Colombian cartel city, once
• Charlie greatest boxer in Colombian city
• "Going Back to ___" (LL Cool J hit)