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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Latest person caught up in scandal was a major political player

March 13, 2020

Another major player in San Francisco politics in in serious trouble in the ever-widening City Hall scandal. Rodrigo Santos, an ally of former mayors Willie...

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Final, final results: Progressives win three judges, DCCC

March 11, 2020

The results of the March 3 San Francisco election are finally (almost) final; the Department of Elections reports all but about 1,500 ballots have...

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Supes seek support for small businesses and workers

March 10, 2020

Several supervisors are moving to address the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis in San Francisco – and while the mayor seems sympathetic, it’s...

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DBI director suspended in widening corruption probe

March 10, 2020

As the City Hall corruption scandal widens, Tom Hui, the director of the Department of Building Inspection, was put on administrative leave today, Mayor...

Housing

Stopping evictions and price-gouging in the coronavirus crisis

March 8, 2020

Sup. Dean Preston is calling for a moratorium on all evictions in San Francisco during the coronavirus outbreak. And District Attorney Chesa Boudin has...

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Some surprising political analysis from the local election results

March 5, 2020

The voter turnout is up to 55 percent in San Francisco now, and will exceed 60 percent once the last 54,000 ballots are counted....

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A little perspective on the Democratic primaries

March 4, 2020

Let’s put the Democratic presidential primaries in a little perspective. Yes, the moderates and the party establishment, who clearly don’t want Bernie Sanders to be...

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Wednesday results: Not much has changed

March 4, 2020

I’ve been seeing a lot of social media comments about low turnout in the primary in San Francisco. That’s understandable – the early returns...

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Results show strong night for local progressives

March 3, 2020

It’s a good night for progressives in San Francisco. With the final Election-Day results in, we can say that two public defenders and a tenant...

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More results: Public defenders winning for judge

March 3, 2020

More results – only 22,000 Election Day votes, but we can seem some trends. All of the ballot measures are now passing; the tax and...

Tim Redmond

Latest person caught up in scandal was a major political player

Final, final results: Progressives win three judges, DCCC

Supes seek support for small businesses and workers

DBI director suspended in widening corruption probe

Stopping evictions and price-gouging in the coronavirus crisis

Some surprising political analysis from the local election results

A little perspective on the Democratic primaries

Wednesday results: Not much has changed

Results show strong night for local progressives

More results: Public defenders winning for judge

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