Actually, it is exactly true, and UC will assume no such thing
As I said earlier, geometry taken in middle school would count. Without a HS level geometry course or integrated math course featuring geometry, the requirement can also be met by an appropriate college level course, e.g. topology, differential geometry, but not by a higher level non-geometry course like MVC as mentioned in the original post. Not to get bogged down in the details, since we don’t know OP’s college list. If it does include the UCs, they would be well served to contact them directly