@embemonkey Sorry for not reading all comments before answering your concern yesterday.
The AS and AS degree in CA has one more kind called ADT - Associate Degree for Transfer. If you get ADT, you can use IGETC or CSU Breadth to satisfy the GE requirement.
But if you want regular AS/AA degrees from your school, then you must use the GE Breadth of CSU. Depend on your school district, you may be asked to take Culture class, PE class. So if in your CSU Breadth, you have a class both qualify for the Area and also in the list of Culture Classes, you do not need to take an extra one. Your counselor would give you the requirement lists for “local” Associate degrees better.