Honestly, one of my favorite professors at UCLA. Garrison is both a super engaging lecturer and incredibly knowledgable in the field. The class itself is less amazing. The content is super engaging and again Garrison presents it well, but the graded portions of the class can feel kinda BS at some points. The midterm/final required quite a bit of studying, and you had to know a few random ins and outs of environmental regulation history or specific clauses, which was a little annoying. Worse than that though are the challenge problems. There are two, and he gives you an environmental act, for our first one the Clean Air Act, and has you essentially analyze the EXACT language of the statute. We had almost no preparation on how to do this, and the grading felt super harsh (I think the average was 68%?) for something worth 20% of our grade. This class is DEF not an easy A, but it is super interesting!

Also, the TAs absolutely suck and are no help, so please do not waste your time with them. One of them would just bring her dog to lecture and then ghost my emails for two weeks - smh.

Prof. Garrison was truly a wonderful, engaging, and caring professor. Although the grading for this class is tough (based on two test-style take home assignments, one midterm, and a final), he gave many opportunities to earn back points on assignments to get them up to ~ a B+ average for the class if it happened to be lower.
The first take home assignment was reading a statute (in our case, sections of the CAA, but I’m not sure if he would vary it year to year) and answering questions which, truthfully, were only difficult because the TAs were looking for VERY specific answers. The original average for the assignment was around 13.5/19, but he gave us opportunities to get points back on an easy assignment. The second take home assignment was the same style (reading a statute and answering questions) and the average was much higher as we were able to work in a group. The midterm was multiple choice and short answer, and the final had the same structure. Questions are tricky, but go slowly and carefully and you will do just fine.
One thing I cannot stress enough is to GO TO CLASS. Garrison does not record it - except for the week of Thanksgiving Break - and his lectures are actually fun and engaging. Try to sit in the front if you can, because a lot of his lectures rely on questions from students and will help you get a deeper understanding of the material. I really appreciated his anecdotes from his own life experience that directly connected to the material.
Overall such a good class. I know it’s a requirement for Enviro Majors, but it is so worth it.