Costs for tuition

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No, that is not true.

If you are coming to California for educational purposes, you will pay full fees for all 4 years.
It is very, very difficult to become a resident for California tuition.

Undergraduates: If you’re a nonresident undergraduate student with nonresident parents, obtaining California residency for the purposes of tuition is extremely difficult (this includes transfer students from community colleges and other postsecondary institutions within California). Virtually all nonresident undergraduates with nonresident parents remain nonresidents for the duration of their undergraduate career at UC.

http://ucop.edu/residency/establishing-residency.html

Additionally, the following is notable:

Nonresident undergraduates
This requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates who are not financially dependent on a California-resident parent to qualify for classification as a California resident.
If you’re an unmarried undergraduate under the age of 24 and your parent(s) are not California residents, you must be able to document (for example, using tax returns, W-2 forms, bank statements) that you have been totally self-sufficient for two full years prior to the residence determination date, supporting yourself, for example, through jobs, financial aid, commercial/institutional loans in your name only, and documentable savings from your earnings. This also means you can’t have been claimed as an income tax dependent by any individual or have accepted gifts (cash or other support) that contributed to your subsistence for two tax years immediately preceding the term.

The UC’s and CSU’s are California public universities supported by California taxpayers. OOS students pay full fees for 4 years and do not receive ANY financial aid because the State does not have the money. So your fees will be
$60K per year x 4 year= $240K.