Tim Redmond
Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.
Following the money in D1
District One has always been a key political battleground, a part of town that’s around 60 percent tenants and 40 percent homeowners and that, since the return of district...
BREAKING: California Labor Federation drops Wiener endorsement
In a stunning turnaround, the California Labor Federation today decided not to endorse incumbent state Sen. Scott Wiener for re-election.
The powerful organization had backed Wiener in the March primary...
Public funding transforms D11 race
The District 11 fundraising records show how public financing is changing the nature of local political campaigns.
Former Sup. John Avalos is challenging the incumbent, Sup. Ahsha Safai. It’s always...
Fielder shows surprising strength in state Senate fundraising report
Incumbent state Senator Scott Wiener and his challenger, Jackie Fielder, have raised almost the same amount of money between February and June, campaign finance reports show.
That’s remarkable: Wiener is...
Campaign money and what it shows: District 7
The latest campaign finance reports—which show a lot about how state and local races are shaping up—are now on file, and they indicate some important, if unsurprising, patterns.
We will...
Breed budget prioritizes cuts to frontline workers over taxes on the rich
The mayor will be delivering her delayed budget to the supes this week, and it appears that she wants to balance it in part by delaying contracted wage increases...
How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy
I have never believed that Big Philanthropy was the solution to economic inequality. The very, very rich give money to organizations and institutions that either bestow honors on them...
Supes pass Overpaid CEO tax
Tax policy was at the top of the Board of Supes agenda Tuesday.
The supes placed on the ballot a new business tax that would shift the burden away from...
Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote
A bill that could cost San Francisco as much as $50 million in lost affordable housing money comes before a key state Assembly committee tomorrow, and the chair, SF’s...
SF Democratic Party endorsements go (mostly) to progressives
The San Francisco Democratic Party endorsed candidates backed by the progressive wing in five of the six seats last night, with the D7 and D11 endorsements a bit unusual.
Most...
