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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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Police union opposes Black Lives Matter posters

July 16, 2020

The San Francisco Police Commission wants to put Black Lives Matter posters in every police station. Chief Bill Scott supports the idea. Officers for...

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Supes are driving the political agenda in SF

July 15, 2020

The center of public policy in San Francisco has so clearly shifted from the Mayor’s Office to the Board of Supes that nearly every...

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The problem with ‘centrists’

July 14, 2020

The resignation of New York Times columnist Bari Weiss is all over the news, and the right-wingosphere is using it to push the demonstrably...

Housing

The Chron gives up on homelessness

July 12, 2020

You have to go pretty deep into the Chron’s annual series on homelessness to find anything very useful, but I read it all, and...

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