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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The Democratic convention delegates might matter — here’s how to apply

February 28, 2020

Let’s make a huge leap here – even before the California primary, and I will explain why in a moment – and look at...

Housing

The latest way VC and tech disruptors are attacking SF’s housing stock

February 27, 2020

Sup. Aaron Peskin opened a hearing this week on regulations of corporate rentals with a remarkable statement: “In the almost 20 years I have been...

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If the Democrats want to elect Trump, just have more debates like this one

February 25, 2020

Much of the almost-unwatchable, atrociously badly moderated debate, was about trashing Bernie Sanders, and much of what some candidates said was that he would...

Housing

Is the Monster in the Mission dead?

February 24, 2020

For years, as community leaders fought for affordable housing instead of luxury condos as 16thand Mission, the developer who owned the site said that...

News + Politics

Giving the supes more investigative power …

February 24, 2020

Sup. Aaron Peskin, who has had trouble in the past getting reluctant witnesses to provide information to the board, is now moving to give...

Housing

It’s easy to find housing in SF — if you’re in the 1 percent

February 23, 2020

The Chron put the story on the front page of the Sunday paper: There is no housing crisis in San Francisco. It is a good...

News + Politics

Chinatown building becomes battleground for community’s future

February 20, 2020

A real-estate investor with a history of attempting to evict vulnerable low-income seniors in Chinatown is now in the middle of a controversy over...

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Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

February 17, 2020

I went to see Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize-winning economist, speak at USF last week. Lectures by economists don’t tend to fill up large rooms,...

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What did Breed’s Nuru announcement really mean?

February 16, 2020

It’s taken a couple of days, but the local news media have mostly come around to the fact that the real news Friday was...

News + Politics

Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal

February 14, 2020

Nearly every local news outlet led the latest story on former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru with some version of this: BREAKING: Mayor Breed just...

Tim Redmond

The Democratic convention delegates might matter — here’s how to apply

The latest way VC and tech disruptors are attacking SF’s housing stock

If the Democrats want to elect Trump, just have more debates like this one

Is the Monster in the Mission dead?

Giving the supes more investigative power …

It’s easy to find housing in SF — if you’re in the 1 percent

Chinatown building becomes battleground for community’s future

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

What did Breed’s Nuru announcement really mean?

Breed took $5,600 gift from Nuru; may be illegal

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