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William Fulton

William Fulton

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William Fulton is a professor of practice at the University of California, San Diego, a senior adviser to PFM Consulting Group, and author of the Substack newsletter The Future Of Where. Previously he was mayor of Ventura, Calif., and director of planning and economic development for the city of San Diego, as well as director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. He is the author of eight books, including Place and Prosperity: How Cities Help Us To Connect And Innovate.

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