Mayor Bob Filner has wielded authority under the strong-mayor form of government differently than his predecessor, say Scott Lewis and NBC 7 San Diego’s Catherine Garcia. Watch last week’s San Diego Explained to learn more about the impact that’s had on some local development projects.

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Dagny Salas was web editor at Voice of San Diego from 2010 to 2013. She was an investigative fellow at VOSD from 2009 to 2010.

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