@rocket88, we got conflicting information on that point. I agree, the information is ambiguous. A forum member who was kind enough to share inside knowledge indicated that CCS sometimes overrides CoE rejections, in exceptional cases, in certain majors. According to the email my son received from the CCS office, that is not the case for CCS Computing, especially after the first-wave deadline in January. Hence my advice.
The process is indeed broken, along with the funding mechanisms that should support an educated future workforce for California’s technology industry. Here is my modest proposal to fix it: