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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Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

February 22, 2018

Sharen Hewitt, who for generations define fiery, loving activism in San Francisco, has died. Hewitt, who described herself as a “grandmother for social change,” ran...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …

February 21, 2018

While Mark Leno is getting a lot of press attention for his campaign, and a growing number of organizations are doing a ranked-choice strategy...

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Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

February 20, 2018

The SF Ethics Commission blew up last week as President Peter Keane abruptly announced his resignation after failing to get the four votes to...

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Leno, Kim backers adopting ranked-choice voting strategy

February 18, 2018

The established progressive leaders and organizations in San Francisco appear to be leaning toward dual endorsements of Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim for...

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Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

February 15, 2018

What a difference two weeks and a different venue makes. The three leading candidates for mayor all said they supported, more or less, Sen. Scott...

Campaign Trail

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

February 13, 2018

SuperPAC money has been one of the defining issues of the early parts of the mayoral campaign. Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim have...

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Peskin takes on superPACs

February 13, 2018

Sup. Aaron Peskin today introduced what he called emergency legislation that would require donors to superPACs to disclose all of their financial interests in...

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SF planners blast Wiener housing bill that would upzone entire city

February 11, 2018

The San Francisco Planning Department – which is not known for its anti-development tendencies – has issued a blistering critique of state Sen. Scott...

The Agenda

Perhaps, a real mayoral debate

February 11, 2018

Tom Ammiano called me this morning to say he was going to dial 911. “I just realized I agree with Willie Brown,” he said. That...

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Ethics, supes in showdown over reforms

February 6, 2018

The San Francisco Ethics Commission could be facing a showdown with the Board of Supes in the next two weeks over a detailed, complex...

Tim Redmond

Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Leno, Kim backers adopting ranked-choice voting strategy

Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

Campaign Trail: Breed, SuperPACs and D8 campaign money

Peskin takes on superPACs

SF planners blast Wiener housing bill that would upzone entire city

Perhaps, a real mayoral debate

Ethics, supes in showdown over reforms

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