I don't think public institutions like Cal engage in legacy admissions, but I'm not sure? Many schools give a general boost for legacy, but it is not always so

I don't think public institutions like Cal engage in legacy admissions, but I'm not sure? Many schools give a general boost for legacy, but it is not always so tit-for-tat as the transactions that occurred here with Cal. They'll often have a different non-legacy pipeline for large donor -> admission. For instance, at Harvard, there is the legacy SCEA process, but there is also the "z-list" process which is the more direct "children of billionaires" route.