Lol!!! Thanks @bpcyclist and thanks unaluna....
Update: After emailing and skyping with the owner, and sending her lots of documentation from the ca.gov website and my interactions with the DLSE, they decided to go a different route and front load the sick pay (thank goodness!!!) It's really the most simple way to do this and it is perfectly legal!!! So I don't have to fret about that anymore! Unfortunately I was so stressed, I had to take it out on myself and I ended up SH-ing quite a bit. Oh well. Sigh.