In urbanized landscapes, people, their pets, and wildlife may intersect through potential exposure to ectoparasites, such as hard ticks. This project explores potential risks for tick exposure and interaction with urban-dwelling wildlife along a gradient of urbanization in the San Gabriel Valley in eastern Los Angeles County. Camera traps are used to document urban wildlife species in recreational spaces including hiking areas, city parks, and other open spaces. The drag cloth method is used to collect ticks from vegetation. Tick presence is noted, and collected ticks are identified to species and quantified. Finally, a public survey was developed to gauge public knowledge and perceptions surrounding pet ownership, outdoor recreation, urban wildlife, and ticks in the study area. To date, 7 Ixodes pacificus ticks and 43 Dermacentor occidentalis ticks have been collected, 130 species of wildlife have been identified, and the survey garnered 105 responses. This information will be synthesized to describe the risk of potential exposure to ticks and interaction with wildlife in urban greenspaces in the San Gabriel Valley.