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.

Homelessness

Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

August 31, 2020

Most start-up political organizations like a splash. They hold news events, press conferences, big galas to say: We have arrived. This is who we...

Lit

Books: A fun ride through SF and NorCal in the 1980s

August 31, 2020

I’ve known Daniel Ben-Horin for many years – as journalist, as the head of Media Alliance way back in the days when I was...

Housing

Newsom, Chiu agree on bill that could lead to widespread evictions

August 28, 2020

Assemblymember David Chiu has reached a compromise with Gov. Gavin Newsom and the big landlord groups on a relatively limited bill to protect renters...

City Hall

Board committee approves budget deal that clashes with mayor’s proposal

August 27, 2020

The Board of Supes is heading for a potential showdown with the mayor over more than $100 million in changes to her proposed two-year...

Campaign Trail

From the RNC to Kenosha: racism and death

August 26, 2020

Two days after a pair of gun-toting white vigilantes got a prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, a gun-toting white vigilante shot...

Campaign Trail

The horror that is the RNC

August 25, 2020

I almost couldn’t watch. And I’ve watched a lot of bad politics. The Republican Convention has been something different, a new low beyond the worst...

Labor

Supes committee votes to slash police budget by $30 million

August 23, 2020

The Board of Supes Budget and Appropriations Committee has approved roughly $30 million in additional cuts to the police budget – less than some...

News + Politics

Supes call for major cuts in police budget

August 20, 2020

The Board of Supes Budget and Appropriations Committee moved toward some significant cuts for the Police Department today, with the chair, Sup. Sandra Lee...

Campaign Trail

Biden’s convention: Powerful images, powerful speeches ….

August 20, 2020

Wednesday night was about fighting back. The speakers took on Donald Trump, with former President Barack Obama – normally the calm, measured voice of...

Campaign Trail

Convention, Day One: It’s all about “together.”

August 18, 2020

The word of the day was “together.” We hear it all the time in Democratic Party circles, usually from the more centrist side. It’s...

Tim Redmond

Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Books: A fun ride through SF and NorCal in the 1980s

Newsom, Chiu agree on bill that could lead to widespread evictions

Board committee approves budget deal that clashes with mayor’s proposal

From the RNC to Kenosha: racism and death

The horror that is the RNC

Supes committee votes to slash police budget by $30 million

Supes call for major cuts in police budget

Biden’s convention: Powerful images, powerful speeches ….

Convention, Day One: It’s all about “together.”

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