Options for Transfer Friendly Options Junior Year [~3.0 college GPA, sociology or other social science]

Many schools, especially publics, will be transfer friendly. Some schools will have transfer housing.

You need to provide more info. For example, is California open ? Does she want a large flagship or mid size or small etc. - any other desires ? Major ?

Some transfer friendly schools may focus on community colleges, thus skewing numbers. Others might focus on budget - they’d love your money.

So you need to provide more info.