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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Supes have plan to staff hotel rooms — but mayor ignores it

April 30, 2020

Sup. Matt Haney, with the support of four of his colleagues, put forward a plan this week to address the staffing needs that the...

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Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released

April 29, 2020

After a dramatic hearing in which Federal Judge Vincent Chhabria sharply criticized ICE, the judge has issued an order requiring the federal agency to...

Housing

Supes denounce mayor’s failure to follow the law

April 27, 2020

Five members of the Board of Supes are furious that Mayor London Breed is refusing to follow the law and put most of the...

Housing

Mayor defies supes, says she won’t open hotel rooms for all homeless

April 26, 2020

Mayor London Breed announced this weekend that she is not going to sign – or apparently abide by – legislation requiring the city to...

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Breed Administration moves only 36 more homeless people into hotel rooms

April 23, 2020

Four days before a legal mandate to provide more than 8,000 hotel rooms for homeless people at risk of COVID-19, the Breed Administration this...

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Preston seeks to end Muni ‘price gouging’

April 22, 2020

Sup. Dean Preston, who helped spearhead opposition to a Muni fare hike, took a new and novel approach today: He asked the city attorney to...

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Lawsuit seeks to reduce ICE detention during pandemic

April 22, 2020

People in ICE detention are not facing criminal charges. Deportation is a civil matter – and yet, the law allows the government to lock...

Housing

What, exactly, is going to get built on Geary and Masonic?

April 21, 2020

Just before the Board of Supes voted to approve a new 101-unit project on Geary and Masonic, we learned a critical piece of information: The...

Housing

Developer wants huge density bonus — should we know why?

April 19, 2020

Fascinating housing discussion last week at the Board of Supes. The issue involves a large site at Geary and Masonic that for years was...

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Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

April 15, 2020

There are ways to describe the logistics of moving thousands of homeless people into hotel rooms. It’s not going to be simple. But referring to...

Tim Redmond

Supes have plan to staff hotel rooms — but mayor ignores it

Judge excoriates ICE, orders inmates released

Supes denounce mayor’s failure to follow the law

Mayor defies supes, says she won’t open hotel rooms for all homeless

Breed Administration moves only 36 more homeless people into hotel rooms

Preston seeks to end Muni ‘price gouging’

Lawsuit seeks to reduce ICE detention during pandemic

What, exactly, is going to get built on Geary and Masonic?

Developer wants huge density bonus — should we know why?

Can hotels become permanent housing for homeless people?

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