In CIF soccer, "State" means Southern California, similar to club soccer, but it includes all of Central Section - up beyond Fresno. San Diego, Southern, LA City, and Central Sections all get proportional representation in the various Divisions I through IV.
There are rules and tables in State CIF Blue Book Soccer pages -
http://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/Blue_Pages.pdf
In summary, there are 5 Divisions, DI through DV, Boys and Girls, 8 teams in each Division. The sections get to decide which teams to place in their allotted spots. Sections are allotted playoff spots like this --
Central - 1 spot in each Division
LA City - 1 spot in each Division
LA City and Central will negotiate 1 additional spot in DIV and DV
San Diego - 2 spots in DI through DIII, 1 spot in DIV and DV
Southern - 4 spots in all Divisions
A seeding committee will meet Sunday to decide final seeding positions, 1 through 8. Seedings are announced Sunday evening March 5. Games are held March 7, 9, 11, all at host school locations. Host will be higher seed (lower seeding number).
I have heard rumors of Friday night playoffs in San Diego between Open Division semifinalists (Wednesday night losers) to fill one spot - possibly resulting in something like Open Champion and Finalist to State DI, SD D1 Champion and Open 3rd place to D2, and so forth. But -- I have been surprised by SD Section candidates in the past, and by State seedings as well, so I will watch for the results of the March 5 meeting before I believe anything.
There are rules and tables in State CIF Blue Book Soccer pages -
http://www.cifstate.org/governance/constitution/Blue_Pages.pdf
In summary, there are 5 Divisions, DI through DV, Boys and Girls, 8 teams in each Division. The sections get to decide which teams to place in their allotted spots. Sections are allotted playoff spots like this --
Central - 1 spot in each Division
LA City - 1 spot in each Division
LA City and Central will negotiate 1 additional spot in DIV and DV
San Diego - 2 spots in DI through DIII, 1 spot in DIV and DV
Southern - 4 spots in all Divisions
A seeding committee will meet Sunday to decide final seeding positions, 1 through 8. Seedings are announced Sunday evening March 5. Games are held March 7, 9, 11, all at host school locations. Host will be higher seed (lower seeding number).
I have heard rumors of Friday night playoffs in San Diego between Open Division semifinalists (Wednesday night losers) to fill one spot - possibly resulting in something like Open Champion and Finalist to State DI, SD D1 Champion and Open 3rd place to D2, and so forth. But -- I have been surprised by SD Section candidates in the past, and by State seedings as well, so I will watch for the results of the March 5 meeting before I believe anything.