William Fulton
Solimar Research Group, Inc.
The firm is currently engaged in research projects with a wide variety of partners, including the Brookings Institution Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Southern California Studies Center at the University of Southern California, and the Morrison Institute of Public Policy at Arizona State University. He was one of the principal authors of Sprawl Hits The Wall, a report on the future of Los Angeles released in March 2001 by USC.
Mr. Fulton is economic development columnist for Governing magazine, founding editor of California Planning & Development Report, a monthly land-use newsletter, and writes frequently for the Sunday Opinion Section of the L.A. Times.
He is a well-known book author as well. His L.A. Times best-seller, The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles, has just been published in paperback by Johns Hopkins University Press. His book The Regional City: Planning For The End of Sprawl, co-authored with New Urbanist architect Peter Calthorpe, was published in 2001 by Island Press. His well-known text, Guide to California Planning, is now in its second edition.
Mr. Fulton is an experienced speaker and lecturer on land use planning and economic development issues, having delivered hundreds of speeches and presentations throughout the nation over the past fifteen years. He has also appeared on radio and television programs in California and throughout the nation.
Mr. Fulton earned his B.A. in Mass Communications from St. Bonaventure University, an M.A. in Journalism/Public Affairs from The American University in Washington, D.C., and an M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.