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Tim Redmond

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.
Crime

Guess what? Lurie’s War on Drugs and Minor Crime is really expensive

DA says she needs more money. So does the public defender. The criminal justice system is more than just cops
Police

SFPD violated the rules on overtime, repeatedly—but they still got their money

Supes vote 9-2 to approve extra spending—but the police budget is going to face a lot more scrutiny this summer
The Agenda

More money for the district attorney—but what about the public defender?

Plus: The end of harm reduction, equity in planning ... and no, Donald Trump can't be the next Pope. That's The Agenda for May 4-11
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Police

Supes challenge SFPD on overtime spending—and rent-a-cop program

Even the supes who support more police spending have to admit there are serious problems in a year when every dollar matters.
News + Politics

Weird accounting could free up millions of dollars for next SF budget

More than $300 million in "interdepartmental transfers" was unspent in 2023
The Agenda

The Pope, Capitalism, and the SF budget battle

Plus: An exclusive golf club vs. school kids, and would a new hotel undermine an existing historic building? That's The Agenda for April 27-May 4
Drug policy

Dorsey measure that undermines harm reduction moves forward

'Nobody dies from harm reduction.' Yet, the measure passes 3-0.
News + Politics

SF Democrats oppose Airbnb tax cut—after some try to kill the resolution

A late-night move to defy labor and undermine tax justice narrowly fails
News + Politics

Budget battle begins as labor, CBOs push back against brutal Lurie cuts

Why does a city with 85 billionaires and big tech companies that want tax breaks have to settle for austerity?
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