Grad Student Taking a Car to California--Questions

I read that list as meaning that you are a resident for DMV purposes if any of the items in the list is true, not if all of the items are true. Indeed, it is impossible for all of them to be true, since one cannot have the homeowner’s property tax exemption (for owner occupied property) and the leased property for residence at the same time. Also, many of these things are inapplicable to many people (since USC is a private school, the resident tuition at public schools is inapplicable to a student at USC, as well as being inapplicable to a non-student).

Also, remember that, in basic logic, A->B does not necessarily mean the !A->!B. (A = paying resident tuition at state university, B = resident for DMV purposes)