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.

Police

Report shows 911 calls are down, crime is down—and police overtime is way up

March 20, 2023

Budget analyst raises questions about police budget as Preston calls for a full audit.

The Agenda

The price of ending homelessness—and how to prevent SRO evictions

March 19, 2023

A city plan that's marked for failure, and some hope of success saving vulnerable residents' homes. That's The Agenda for March 19-26

News + Politics

The massive fiscal crisis nobody at City Hall is talking about

March 16, 2023

San Francisco can fund less than ten percent of its critical infrastructure needs under self-imposed property-tax limits

Crime

Police overtime money is going to protect high-end retail outlets in Union Square

March 15, 2023

Data shows 'safe shopper' program is at the top of the mayor's list; Preston offers an alternative approach to public safety.

City Hall

Supes discuss reparations—and disgraceful news media coverage

March 14, 2023

Some truth about the critical work of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee and its groundbreaking report

Economy

If we are going to bail out the banks, what about the flooded farmworkers?

March 14, 2023

Most of this bailout discussion is missing the point.

The Agenda

The city’s climate plan will cost money; will Breed support progressive taxes to pay for it?

March 12, 2023

Plus: A long-awaited hearing on the city's reparations plan—and a debate over more money for the cops. That's The Agenda for March 12-19

Housing

Now SF urged to lower affordable-housing levels in market-rate projects

March 9, 2023

The mayor's housing policies make less and less sense the more you look into them.

Immigration

Jenkins backs off attack on sanctuary law after massive outcry

March 9, 2023

DA, mayor figured out that this particular 'tough on crime' trope was a loser.

Housing

Breed admits that the city’s Housing Element is destined to fail

March 7, 2023

Mayor says, for the first time, that she has no plan to deliver on the state mandates for local affordable housing.