Bill Fulton, former Mayor of Ventura

Bill Fulton, former Mayor of Ventura, California, discusses current city issues and explains his own positions on matters before the City Council

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Vote Yes on Measures D and E

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Ventura is a city of more than 100,000 people and 60,000 registered voters. Yet when I was first elected to the Ventura C...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Updating the Infill Strategy in Ventura

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On Monday, the Ventura City Council is scheduled to begin discussing possible changes to the city’s long-standing "infill f...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Thanking Rick Cole ... and moving forward

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Back in August, as I was sitting on a float waiting for the Ventura County Fair Parade to start, I saw Rick Cole, the Ventura city manager, ...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Thank You, Ventura

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Saturday was a fabulous day here in Ventura. First of all, it was a gorgeous day, and I had a wonderful run along the beach in the after...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Next Chapter For Me

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Over the next few months, I will transition to spending most of my time serving as Vice President, Policy & Programs, for Smart Growth A...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Giving Thanks for Our Faith Community -- And Helping Them Prevent Homelessness

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Tonight I’m giving thanks for Ventura’s amazing faith community. I just returned home from the annual Thanksgiving Service put on by the Ven...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Artists, Don't Ever Sell Yourselves Short

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Here's an adapted version of the speech I gave at the Mayor's Arts Awards last Thursday night: It’s been my privilege twice to pre...
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Bill Fulton
Ventura, CA, United States
Bill Fulton was a member of the Ventura City Council from 2003 to 2011 and Mayor from 2009 to 2011. He is now Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University (http://kinder.rice.edu). Bill was elected to the Ventura City Council in 2003, culminating many years of professional experience and community involvement in local government affairs. He was re-elected in 2007 and selected Deputy Mayor by his colleagues. In December of 2009, he was selected by the council as Mayor for a two-year term. In his professional life, Bill is a well-known author and urban planning analyst. Bill is the author of four books, including THE RELUCTANT METROPOLIS: THE POLITICS OF URBAN GROWTH IN LOS ANGELES, which was a Los Angeles Times best-seller, and GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA PLANNING, the standard textbook on urban planning used in college courses throughout the state. His most recent book is ROMANCING THE SMOKESTACK: HOW CITIES AND STATES PURSUE PROSPERITY [https://www.createspace.com/3477293] In his professional life, he blogs at www.cp-dr.com/blog
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