Just pick from the UC menu?

According to EdSource: The governor is pushing for a system of transfers from community colleges to UC whereby students meeting certain requirements are given THEIR choice of which campus to attend. This approach would seemingly be a significant shift from the present whereby students do not have automatic admission to the campus of their choice, even if admitted to UC. It could produce a wave of automatic admissions to the urban campuses such as UCLA, simply because they are located in heavily populated areas.

Newsom’s proposal would create “dual admission” program for community college transfer students: Students would get guaranteed admission to a specific California State University or University of California campus

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ease the transfer from community colleges to California’s public universities, and newly released details draw a clearer picture of how that could happen. Newsom, in his budget proposal, recommends creating a “new stand-alone dual admission program.” It would guarantee that participating first-time community college freshmen are guaranteed a spot as an undergraduate at the California State University or University of California campus of their choice starting in 2023. In the trailer bill released Tuesday, which expounds on his January budget, Newsom proposed a new program that would make it seamless for community college students to transfer...

Full story at https://edsource.org/2021/newsoms-proposal-would-create-dual-admission-program-for-community-college-transfer-students/648023

It should be noted that items proposed in the budget message in January are subject to legislative hearings and may be changed or eliminated by the May Revise or final June budget.