Tim Redmond

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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.

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Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

January 15, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar made his first big statement today, demanding that Mayor London Breed open up the budget process to community advocates. During Question Time,...

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PG&E is in bankruptcy court — and public power may be the only way out

January 14, 2019

It was, in a weird way, ironic to hear on NPR today that PG&E is one of the first companies that is directly impacted...

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A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

January 13, 2019

The new Board of Supes starts its real work this week, and one of the opening events will be Question Time. The mayor can...

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Corporate Democrats win in SF state delegate elections

January 12, 2019

I ran into Tim Paulson, the former head of the Labor Council who now works for the building trades, out in front of the...

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Protesters call for public control of PG&E — and it makes such perfect sense

January 10, 2019

Activists shut down another hearing of the California Public Utilities Commission today, just after Pacific Gas and Electric Co. tried to head off bankruptcy...

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Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

January 10, 2019

The progressive supporters of Sup. Norman Yee, who won the board presidency thanks to the votes of three moderates, have been saying that he...

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Yee is board president — what does that mean?

January 8, 2019

I ran in to Sup. Norman Yee last night, outside of the Chinatown banquet honoring the four newly elected progressive supervisors. I asked him...

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Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

January 7, 2019

It was a time to celebrate in San Francisco tonight. Progressive groups in Chinatown held a banquet for the new supervisors, who ran on...

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The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

January 6, 2019

Matt Haney had his ceremonial swearing in today at Glide, and the room was packed. Even State Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymember David Chiu,...

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The real stakes in the board president vote

January 3, 2019

Political observers are scrambling to figure out who the next president of the Board of Supes will be – and in the process, some...

Tim Redmond

Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

PG&E is in bankruptcy court — and public power may be the only way out

A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

Corporate Democrats win in SF state delegate elections

Protesters call for public control of PG&E — and it makes such perfect sense

Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

Yee is board president — what does that mean?

Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

The real stakes in the board president vote

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