Tag: Bill Fulton

  • How Planning Groups Can Jump-Start Involvement

    By Megan Burks Planning Director Bill Fulton called San Diego’s process for bringing neighborhood voices into budget talks “a truly extraordinary one” last week. He was talking with a diverse group of residents, mostly from neighborhoods south of Interstate 8, at a Community Budget Alliance training designed to stoke community engagement in city planning. The…

  • Filner’s Exit Complicates Plan for Planning

    Filner hired one of the country’s most highly respected urban planners, Bill Fulton, to head an empowered planning department, a move that provided a glimpse at what Filner’s vision might look like if all the stars aligned. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Andrew Keatts Bob Filner campaigned on a promise to put the city’s…

  • The 5 Best Ways Communities Can Lobby for Infrastructure

    Ryan Jackson, 19, took two buses and his skateboard to a community planning training hosted by the Community Budget Alliance. He says he wanted to find out how to bring more transportation options to his Skyline Hills neighborhood. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks The new fiscal year started about a month ago,…

  • Tweet City Heights: Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star

    By Megan Burks Filner Hires City Planning Rock Star to Head Planning Department Mayor Bob Filner announced this week he’s hired former Ventura mayor and prominent sustainable development expert Bill Fulton to head the city’s planning department. U-T San Diego described his orders: “To take in livability, pedestrian-friendly community development, economic development, affordable housing and…