CSU Long Beach isn’t direct entry either (at least it wasn’t last year). Last year when my daughter was accepted for pre-nursing there she was told the acceptance rate to later be admitted to the nursing program was less than 10%. She also was admitted to CSU CI for pre-nursing and received the same information about later acceptance into Nursing. We didn’t apply to CSU SM.
Fullerton has a reputation as a commuter school.
UCI and UCLA are public schools with direct entry BSN but as you can imagine the acceptance rate for direct entry BSN CA public schools is probably 3% or less.
West coast schools you might consider are Gonzaga and Portland University. They both give good merit and are strong programs.
I can’t believe it’s been a year since we went through this!