@lindyk8: It doesn’t sound like Berkeley wants to try anything to help the OP; rather than wait out some entitled phone student at Berkeley, the OP should be proactive and quickly gauge his options at the other schools where he was admitted so that he has a backup.
If OP will only go to Berkeley, then he needs to fax something immediately with dates and paper trail, and acknowledge that UCB holds the cards. Is it fair? No, but OP has to react quickly.
I am assuming another year at the CC will not be beneficial to the OP.