The article is clear on the issue: “Recent research showed, for example, that high school graduates in those areas significantly lag the rest of the state in taking the high school courses that could make the students eligible for public university entrance.”
“The university and community college systems in the state operate in silos,” said Newsom in a statement.” This is simply false. UC, CSU and the community colleges are better coordinated than any comparable system. Look at assist.org Google ‘UC Transfer Pathways’