I have asked the director of graduate studies. He told me they could not offer me a place. 280 applicants and only 14 acceptance (he said normally they could pick 20)
I am an international applicant. I have applied to UCSB, Juergensmayer factor. But got rejection.
Still waiting from Columbia-Yale. Gorski is the right man, and I think he loves history very much.
Yes UCLA is a heaven for comparative historical sociology. Faculties of Sociology and History do have a large numbers of professors who are pleased to supervise interdisciplinary studies...But I haven't applied to it
good luck,