Does transferring once diminish your chances of being accepted as a transfer into a UC?

Consider going to a CA community college and TAGing into UCSB.

Here is some information regarding the TAG program: http://admissions.sa.ucsb.edu/docs/default-source/PDFs/ucsb-tag-fall-2018.pdf?sfvrsn=10

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/guarantee/index.html