Ok, you already bought home and lost money on it due to declining home price.
Now you want to buy another home when it is obvious that the home price to go down further. Then you will lost more money.
Well, what are you trying to do?
You should know that this is not about just price of home. It’s about stable income. To pay mortgage, you must have a stable income.
Do you have stable income? If not this is a bad idea. In fact, there is no stable job these days. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. Nobody knows how to fix this economic recession.
People are not buying home not just because the home price is still too high, but they are also worried about their job. (No job, no mortgage payment)
As far as I know, the housing price will go down further. Specially in california, there is still much room to go down. Some people says that the house price in california must go back to 1990 level.
If I were you, I will wait. The housing market will hit the bottom within few years. And YOU WILL NOT MISS IT. Because once the bottom hits, the home price will stay flat for many many years.