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.

Business + Tech

Breed budget prioritizes cuts to frontline workers over taxes on the rich

July 30, 2020

The mayor will be delivering her delayed budget to the supes this week, and it appears that she wants to balance it in part...

Business + Tech

How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy

July 29, 2020

I have never believed that Big Philanthropy was the solution to economic inequality. The very, very rich give money to organizations and institutions that...

Business + Tech

Supes pass Overpaid CEO tax

July 28, 2020

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...

Housing

Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote

July 27, 2020

A bill that could cost San Francisco as much as $50 million in lost affordable housing money comes before a key state Assembly committee...

Campaign Trail

SF Democratic Party endorsements go (mostly) to progressives

July 23, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party endorsed candidates backed by the progressive wing in five of the six seats last night, with the D7 and...

Housing

City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem

July 23, 2020

The Land Use and Transportation Committee hearing this week was remarkable: For the first time ever, as far as I can remember, the Planning...

Campaign Trail

The end of Shahid Buttar’s campaign — and the lessons

July 21, 2020

Shahid Buttar’s campaign against Rep. Nancy Pelosi was always a longshot. He was challenging the person most responsible for challenging Donald Trump, and while...

News + Politics

Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

July 21, 2020

The San Francisco supes today refused by one vote to put a measure on the ballot creating a public advocate to focus on public...

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

News + Politics

Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

July 19, 2020

For the first time in history, San Francisco will soon have a permanent monument to a person of color killed by the police. I was...

Tim Redmond

Breed budget prioritizes cuts to frontline workers over taxes on the rich

How Big Philanthropy undermines democracy

Supes pass Overpaid CEO tax

Bill that could cost SF $50 million up for key Assembly vote

SF Democratic Party endorsements go (mostly) to progressives

City Planning (finally) admits it has a problem

The end of Shahid Buttar’s campaign — and the lessons

Supes, by one vote, reject public advocate plan

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Finally, a monument to a victim of police violence

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