Is this crazy?

You won’t be able to find cheap housing, a job, and pay instate tuition all at once.

The community colleges will charge you full fees as an OOS incoming freshman.

That won’t be cheap. As you’ve already discovered, the cost of living is ridiculously expensive.

Your GPA is not considered competitive for the UCs, so your chances of gaining admission to UCLA are slim at this point unless there is something spectacular in your ECs or SAT scores.