Services are tailored to respond to client's specific needs and requests. Projects are structured and conducted by Center and Forum professionals including faculty, staff and student associates. Graduate and Ph.D. Student Associates are guided and supervised by faculty and staff. The Center fields numerous telephone calls and individual appointments with requests for information, guidance and limited assistance.
Technical assistance is provided on a project specific basis.
The population of the Basin, exceed- ing over 16 million in 1999, is the most cosmopolitan in the world. If the Basin were a separate state, it would rank fourth in the nation. By the year 2020, the Basin population is expected to reach 21.5 million. Based on the gross product for 1996, the Los Angeles Basin's economy ranks 12th in the world. Three major factors are driving population growth-natural increase, internal migration, and immigration.