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By Tim Redmond
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.
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Music
Under the Stars: Sheila E., Snoop Dogg, The Streets prove some classics still shine
Plus: New sounds from Los Bitchos, Allysha Joy, Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic—and RIP Rev. Cecil Williams.
Economy
If SF wants to revitalize downtown, why not buy up these dirt-cheap buildings?
An entire 14-story highrise for $6.5 million? That could be 150 artist studios. And there's so much more to come.
Arts + Culture
‘The Tutor’ offers a radical take on love triangles, queer Iranian expat-style
Torange Yeghiazarian's NCTC play refreshingly lets a young lesbian from a repressive county just be horny.
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Housing
SF is failing badly to meet its state mandates for extremely low-income housing
Hearing shows yet another example of how the city's Housing Element is nothing more than a farce.
News + Politics
Peskin wants a hands-on mayor, Breed wants a downtown party (for some people) …
... and how is the city planning to create 14,000 housing units for extremely low income households? That's The Agenda for May 5-12
News + Politics
The alarming agenda of the big-money folks trying to take over SF
New report tracks the anti-union, anti-tax, pro-police program that a small number of very rich people want to impose on SF in the name of "moderate" politics.
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Everyone loves Vienna’s housing policy; there’s a reason that it works so well
It's not 'rocket science.' It's high taxes on the rich and money for social housing. The tech barons want people who support those policies in SF voted out.
The Hyatt Regency restaurant is spinning again. Where are the workers?
There is nobody to take over when this generation retires. Maybe Hyatt wants it that way.
In Cuba, educators struggle with the impacts of the ongoing US embargo
And yet, their resilience is impressive.