in california…like los angeles or orange county?
Do I need to become a memeber? Are there any websites ?

http://www.carbuying.us/car-auctions.htm

That should help you out. Some auctions might require you to be a member but there are definitely auctions where you can bid for a car. In some cases you are required to have a license if you are bidding for a customer, but if you are going for yourself than you most likely won’t need a license.
The important thing is to not overpay. While it is cheaper to go to an auction yourself it might be better to hire a proffesional who has the experience and knows how to check the cars condition. For example I just bought a new Acura MDX 2006. I hired a proffesional to go to auctions that had MDX’s coming off leases. He made sure I didn’t get riped off because he had ways of checking if the car was up kept, i.e. tires rotated, oil changed etc. All I had to do was pay a little money up front. But if you really do want to go to the auction yourself check the laws in your state and research some ways of checking the condition of a car. If a car is not auctioned off during the bidding then it will be put into a back lot and there you can buy it at a relatively low price.