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Eric Fulton (born October 25, 1989) is an American writer, hospitality consultant, and entrepreneur. He served as Mayor of the City of Ventura, California from 2009 to 2011 and later as the Planning Director for the City of San Diego. In October 2014 he became the head of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is considered a leading advocate of the "Smart Growth" movement in urban planning. In 2009, he was named to Planetizen's list of "Top 100 Urban Thinkers".[1]