UEP Senior Comprehensive Projects, "Comps" as they are more commonly referred to, often stretch beyond the classroom to interact, impact and evaluate public policy issues at the local, national and even global level.
Class of 2026
Putting Our Trust in Community Land Trusts (CLTs)? Assessing Care in the L.A. CLT Trust Pilot Program
by Margarita Alonso
Textile Waste Reduction and Recycling Practices: Observing the Impacts of Informal Markets in Los Angeles Fashion District’s Santee Alley
by Ariana Estela Carranza
What Counts as Sustainable Development? A Case Study of Repurposing Urban Space
by Clay Carson
Conservation and Regenerative Agriculture in Sonoma County: Climate Resilience and Support for Small-Scale Farmers
by Cali Carter
Cacher les Pauvres: Neoliberal Urbanism, Class-Cleansing, and the Olympics
by Evan Caulfield
Opening the Tenant Toolkit: Understanding the Tactics and Strategies of the K3 Tenants Council
by Maya Christianson
Park Access in Los Angeles: Policy Gaps, Funding Inequities, and Spatial Impacts
by Dante D'Amico
The Contested Foodscape of Affluence and Exclusion in Eagle Rock and Highland Park
by Vadim Fedutinov
Pepsi’s Positivity: How Corporate Initiatives Can Cripple Sustainability
by Dylan Gould
‘City of Trees:' Understanding Shade as an Issue of Environmental Justice through D.C. Tree Canopy
by Sarah Jageler
Affordable for Whom? A Case Study of Local Policy and Affordable Housing Distribution in Los Angeles
by Carys Liebgold
Housing Affordability and Its Impact on Recruitment in LAUSD
by Steven Lock
Defensible Space in the Eaton Fire: How Landscaping and Maintenance Impacted Home Survivability
by Graham Luethe
The Intersectionality of Reproductive and Environmental Justice in Post-Roe Texas
by Mia Ness
Historical Prioritization in San Gabriel: How the Built Environment Conflicts with the Preservation of Indigenous Histories
by Simone Origel
Exploring the Potential of Community Land Trusts as a Housing Solution in L.A.’s Skid Row
by Sophia Pitrowski
A Regional Analysis of Cross-Jurisdictional Coordination Challenges in Emergency Management and Preparedness and Its Effects on Excess Mortality from the 2021 Heat Dome in Spokane, Washington
by Elizabeth Reedy
Reimagining Plastic Regulation In California: Evaluating Senate Bill 54 using a Just Transition Framework
by Alex Rucker
Who has Control—Who has Sovereignty: Agricultural Gene Editing in the Global South
by Audrey Sohn
The Nano Future: Assessing the Utilization of Nanosensors in Industrial Agriculture
by Ruby Vogel
In Lieu of a Plaza: Exploring Urban Vitality on Sidewalks in Highland Park
by Claire Wilson-Black