Beware also that some medical schools may not want some of the premed core to be completed in community college (some assume the classes will be less rigorous than at a CC).
Why not take advantage of dual enrollment though? CC would be free and the classes would count toward advanced standing at a UC, she wouldn’t really be attending HS but she’d still be considered for Regents like all freshman (albeit one with sophomore or junior standing) and she wouldn’t have to worry about major requirements, IGETCs, TAG, etc.)
All in all however if your daughter’s goal is to transfer to a UC, the honors program will place her with academic peers, smaller classes, and better odds of success for the top-tier UCs.
Note that the premed core includes the following:
2 semesters each of Biology, Chemistry, English, Physics+ 1 semester each of organic chemistry, biochemistry, calculus, statistics, sociology, psychology, a diversity-focused class, perhaps neuroscience, and preferably a foreign language spoken by immigrants (can be Spanish, French Creole, Russian, Arabic, Urdu…)
Premeds do NOT have to major in biology.
UCRiverside is easy to get into and has special pathways for the health professions.