The City & Regional Planning (CRP) Department promotes sustainable and diverse communities within cultural and human systems. The interdisciplinary professional planning education is based on a learn-by-doing approach, community outreach, and applied research to help communities aspire for better, livable places. Since 1968, the program evolved in the College where the planning laboratory (studio) has been the core of the curriculum. The department is proud of the program's strengths in urban design, transportation, land use and environmental planning, and community sustainability./p>
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Senior Projects from 2026
Designing for Dementia: Lessons in Using Wayfinding, Design, and Policy to Retrofit Neighborhoods for People Living with Dementia, Kiaya Siu Ling Batkin
Analysis of City Planning for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Joshua Ericson and Ben Shane
Middle Plaza Redesign, Marlo Lavacude-Klenck
A Reflective Case Study: Mission Plaza Enhancement Project, Emma J. Roeller and Sheridan R. Green
Riverbend Ranch Mixed-Use Development Project, Anthony James Sousa
Foothill Boulevard Corridor Plan, Alexander Tassos
Senior Projects from 2025
Religious Spaces Reimagined: Adaptive Reuse and Community Integration in Suburbs, Emily Fischer
Urban Agriculture Technical Advisory, Katherine Rose Ivanjack and Kylie J. Preciado
University Avenue Bike Plan, Emma Meyer
Downtown L.A. to Glendale Light Rail Line Project Study, Alaina Michelle Ortiz
Urban Planning for Regional Food Equity, Miriam Caroline Sullivan
Student Planners, City Futures: A CRP Documentary, Natalie Kate Venable
Senior Projects from 2024
Urban Design Guidelines: San Antonio Road Corridor, Palo Alto, CA, Cassidy T. Charles and Madeleine Emeric
Evaluating the Impact of SB 684 in San Luis Obispo, Andrew Darrell
Filipino Citizen Planners in Stockton & San Francisco, California: Little Manila Rising (LMR) & South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN), Natalie Pauline delos Santos
Coastal Collective: A Cannery Row Concept Plan, Margo Ezcurra
Tefft Street Corridor Redesign, Andres M. Figueroa
San Antonio Gardens Development, Jake Jansen
Innovative Housing Solutions: A Toolkit to Utilizing Recycled Spaces as Transition Shelters for the Unhoused, Kristel Jened Alianza Mallari
Addressing Food Deserts in Underserved Communities Prepared for Mid-City, San Diego, CA, Jenny Nguyen
Electric Micromobility Background Report, Sakina Rangwala and Amy Uthenpong
Connected Palo Alto: Proposed Cycle Track for Enhanced Connectivity Between the San Antonio Corridor and Greater Palo Alto, CA, Scott C. Richards
The Use of Biomimicry in Urban Planning and Design, Cole Sorensen
Pismo Beach Public Market Development Proposal, William Graham Wallace
Santa Maria Climate Action Plan Recommendations: Building Energy and Transportation, Thomas Zimmerman and Elena Blewett