PUB PLC 252Today's Los Angeles: Institutions and Leaders that Make It Work
Public Policy · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Focus on institutions and leaders that make up Los Angeles region and influence its policies and quality of life. Institutions studied include political, governmental, business, economic, media, labor, citizen advocacy, educational, cultural, sports and entertainment, and philanthropic sectors; and how they combine to affect region in which we live. Consideration of how leadership and institutional structures in each of these sectors advance or constrain progress; how Los Angeles addresses issues such as transportation, real estate development, housing, homelessness, poverty, and health care, among others; and how it can better do so.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.