There seems to be plenty of cash-hungry (and just plain hungry) physics grad students at UCLA you could check out. Here's a link to the current list of physics tutors (it's a . Pdf, fyi): academics.physics.ucla.edu/misc/tutoring....
Go to the Physics Department office at any of the 4 year colleges or universities. Ask if you can distribute or post a flyer to all the grad students in the department. Grad students are the epitome of the starving student and many will be pleased to tutor you for a fee.
Also, some schools have volunteer tutors available to their own students. Find out where the tutoring center is and approach them there.
Crown tutoring offers adv. Physics. The link is in the source.
If you're in school, your fellow students are a much better resource than any outside tutor. They're all struggling as much as you (trust me), and working through problems together is the best learning experience for all.
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