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 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...

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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...

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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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Would Walton’s CAREN bill have saved Alex Nieto’s life?

July 8, 2020

Sup. Shamann Walton has introduced legislation that would make it illegal to call 911 based on racial profiling, and the so-called CAREN act is...

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Petition seeks to get Facebook CEO name off SF General Hospital

July 7, 2020

Much of the progressive world right now is pushing an ad boycott of Facebook. The platform has been a key factor in the rise...

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COVID is devastating the US economy—while the very rich get very richer

July 5, 2020

My poor puppy hates the fireworks. They’re loud and unpredictable. There are many theories, some of them pretty out there, as to why so...

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Jane Morrison, lifelong activist, dies at 100

July 5, 2020

Jane Morrison, who was an urban environmentalist before anyone knew what that meant and a central part of the progressive movement in this city...

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Anatomy of a corrupt $125 million city contract

July 2, 2020

In a remarkable and highly unusual hearing today, the Government Audit and Oversight Committee dug into the anatomy of a multimillion contract that Sup....

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Appeals Court upholds Prop. C in major win for local tax measures

July 1, 2020

Less than a week after hearing oral arguments on the validity of the city’s big-business tax to fund homeless programs, a unanimous panel of...

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Culture of casual corruption faces political reckoning

June 30, 2020

The city controller and city attorney released a report this week showing how a lack of oversight and loopholes in ethics laws allowed the...

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