Follow on info for the original poster:
If you want California data that is in native Teale Albers NAD83 to match against your data, you can download some from CAL-Atlas:
CNRA Download
For example, there is a county boundary shapefile in Teale Albers (cnty24k09):
CNRA Download
Teale Albers:
Projected Coordinate System: NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers
Projection: Albers
False_Easting: 0.00000000
False_Northing: -4000000.00000000
Central_Meridian: -120.00000000
Standard_Parallel_1: 34.00000000
Standard_Parallel_2: 40.50000000
Latitude_Of_Origin: 0.00000000
Linear Unit: Meter
Things to note:
- Negative values will be present in some areas and that is OK.
- Units are in meters.
Also, there is a Teale Albers NAD27 flavor out there, so keep an eye out for that.
Chris Donohue, GISP