The Urban and Environmental Policy Department invites the college community to this year's senior comprehensive presentations.
Urban Land Use (10:00-11:00am)
Aggie Fitch - Farming Within the Fences: An Exploration of Urban Agriculture Zoning and Land Security in Long Beach and Los Angeles, California
Amy Pino - Lords of Frogtown: Addressing Concerns of Gentrification along the Los Angeles River
Olivia Valicenti - An Evaluation of the Farmer Equity Act of 2017
Policy Evaluation (11:10am-12:30pm)
Isaac Dalsheimer - From State Ideals to Local Realities: Implementation Barriers of Critical Environmental and Social Education at the Classroom, School, and District Levels
Georgia Tucker - Trafficking in Persons Policy: Areas for Improvement Identified by Anti-Trafficking Organizations and Policy Scholars
Lina Xie - Revealing Ambiguities and Faults: Understanding Nonprofit Hospitals and Their Community Benefits
Social Movements (12:40-2:00pm)
Cassidy Higley - What We Can Learn From the Anti-Vaccine Movement
Jaquelyne Rodriguez - A Disconnect Between Regulatory Agencies and Low Income Communities with High Pollution Burden: A Case Study on Ramona Gardens
Samantha Royall - “The Well Meaning White People:” a Comparative Case Study of the Community Organizing Tactics of SSOC and AWARE-LA
Amanda Zeidner – Los Angeles’ Spatial Political Landscape as the City Prepares for the 2028 Olympics
Climate/Energy (2:10-3:30pm)
Rebecca Goodfriend - Mind the Gap: An Environmental Justice Framework for Evaluating Climate Change Policy in Miami-Dade County, Florida
David Mariscal - From Brownfields to Greenfields: A DIY Guide to Remediating and Redeveloping Abandoned Urban Oil Fields in South Los Angeles
Morris Mills - The Significance of Structure: Analysis of Multi-Level Administrative Participation on Renewable Energy Policy in Los Angeles
Jarron Williams - Revision, Reallocation, and Reconstruction: Evaluating Disaster Management Plans in Low-Income Communities in New Orleans, LA
