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.

Housing

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

May 21, 2020

At the end of the Board of Supes meeting Tuesday, we got some dramatic clarity on why the Department of Public Health isn’t pushing...

Business + Tech

The future of cities—and the one percent

May 19, 2020

The New York Times devoted its entire Sunday Review section this week to an analysis of the future of cities. It’s a critical topic:...

Housing

Supes look to protect SRO residents

May 18, 2020

The Board of Supes Finance Committee approved today emergency legislation aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in single-room occupancy hotels. The measure by Sup....

News + Politics

A massive real-estate scam could force counties to give cash rebates to giant commercial landlords

May 17, 2020

The state Board of Equalization, a little-know agency that among other things oversees local property tax assessors, is about to consider some tax-law changes...

Housing

Public health docs duck question: Why no order to house the homeless?

May 12, 2020

The Board of Supes briefing from the Department of Public Health today was stunning – and showed just how far the Breed Administration is...

Housing

The Agenda: Why isn’t the Police Commission meeting?

May 10, 2020

Two members of the SF Police Commission are asking Mayor London Breed to allow the panel to start meeting again – and it’s past...

COVID

The dangerous, inaccurate reporting on homelessness and the COVID crisis

May 7, 2020

Take some salacious information, add a single person with a point of view, and suddenly you have a major international story – that can...

Housing

Can a federal lawsuit force SF to put homeless people in hotels?

May 5, 2020

Hastings College of the Law, which has often been at odds with the city, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday claiming that failures in city...

Housing

Why turn affordable SROs into tourist hotel rooms?

May 4, 2020

While the supervisors and the mayor are engaged in a critical, and bitter, debate about moving homeless people into hotels, the Planning Department is...

News + Politics

Homeless women take over vacant house in the Castro

May 1, 2020

Two unhoused women took over a vacant building in the Castro today, sparking a massive police response, at least one arrest – and renewed...

Tim Redmond

Why won’t SF health officer order homeless into hotels?

The future of cities—and the one percent

Supes look to protect SRO residents

A massive real-estate scam could force counties to give cash rebates to giant commercial landlords

Public health docs duck question: Why no order to house the homeless?

The Agenda: Why isn’t the Police Commission meeting?

The dangerous, inaccurate reporting on homelessness and the COVID crisis

Can a federal lawsuit force SF to put homeless people in hotels?

Why turn affordable SROs into tourist hotel rooms?

Homeless women take over vacant house in the Castro

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