to take a slightly different tack -
Long Beach is a very good school and, with a major like sociology, grad school is definitely in your future.
If you just gotta graduate from a UC and didn’t make it as a freshman, you certainly can transfer from a CSU but, TAG makes any CCC a an easier path. You should know though, unless you are bringing lots of AP credits, it is likely to take more than 2 years - and UCSB may not take you as a transfer. You might not meet the gpa threshold, the threshold might change and your major may be added to the non-TAG eligible list. In fact, if you go to a CC, you might not qualify to get back into LB - a particularly challenging transfer admit for non-local applicants.
CCs performance vary widely you can look into yours here:
http://scorecard.cccco.edu/scorecard.aspx
Note that even SBCC (one of the best) has a 2 year ‘math readiness score’ below 50% and a 6 year transfer rate of 61.8%.
Since you got into CSULB, you probably won’t have the remedial coursework that many CC students do - completion and transfer rates are much higher for well prepared students. I just think in the 11th hour, this course will be a setback and a risk. Worth it? that’s yours to determine. just make an informed decision.
If you were my kid, i’d think you are just getting cold feet and would encourage you to start where you comitted - give LB that old ‘college try’ and see how you like it. If after a year, you still don’t like it, apply to transfer elsewhere.
What made you commit to LB?
what are you looking for at UCSB that you couldn’t find at LB?