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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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...

Culture

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...

News + Politics

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...

News + Politics

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...

Business + Tech

Supes consider major changes in business taxes

July 12, 2020

The Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee will consider Thursday/16 a series of tax measures that could raise more than $100 million for...

News + Politics

SF Superior Court ends Zero Bail Policy, threatening public health

July 9, 2020

The San Francisco Superior Court has chosen not to continue the Zero Bail Policy that has reduced county jail populations across the state. That, a...

News + Politics

Grassroots uprising calls for defunding police

July 9, 2020

The grassroots movement to defund the SF police has made its presence felt this week as hundreds of callers have flooded two supes committee...

Business + Tech

Big reforms could be headed for fall ballot

July 8, 2020

The Board of Supes Rules Committee will hold a special meeting Thursday/9 to consider a series of City Charter amendments for the fall ballot...

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