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Mayor Candidates: Reform Building Permit Process

San Diego Union-Tribune -- Three of the four leading candidates for mayor turned to land-use issues Wednesday, favoring reform of permit processing but not committing to big spending to get the city out of a chronic infrastructure maintenance deficit.

Councilman Carl DeMaio, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, all Republicans, engaged in a polite exchange at a two-hour forum sponsored by the local chapter of the Urban Land Institute. Rep. Bob Filner, D-San Diego, called in a sick and was a no-show. (Full Story)