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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CNN gives the GOP its talking points

July 30, 2019

The moderators at tonight’s Democratic debate pretty much wrote the Republicans’ talking points. It was stunning: Over and over, they asked Sens. Bernie Sanders...

News + Politics

After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power

July 28, 2019

The Chron kicked off the annual media week of stories on homelessness Sunday with a long, detailed, Q&A – readers submitted questions, and Editor...

News + Politics

Three supes who voted against homeless commission supported a very similar plan in 2016

July 25, 2019

There’s an interested oddity about the vote to delay (and possibly kill) Sup. Matt Haney’s proposal for a commission to oversee the Department of...

News + Politics

Supes, under intense pressure from mayor, drop plan for homeless commission

July 23, 2019

The Board of Supes today – under intense pressure from the mayor -- refused to put a measure to create a Homelessness Commission on...

News + Politics

‘In the name of climate sanity’

July 22, 2019

The supes listened for more than two and a half hours to testimony and expert reports on the city’s role in climate change –...

Environment

SF responds to climate crisis (but will anyone mention Uber?)

July 21, 2019

The California Department of Housing and Community Development wants to know what you think the most important issues in your community are. And there’s...

News + Politics

New measure would link jobs and housing in SF

July 18, 2019

One of the most important – and desperately needed – land-use measures in years could be on the March, 2020 ballot. The Yerba Buena Neighborhood...

News + Politics

Haney’s plan for Homeless Commission faces close vote

July 17, 2019

The Board of Supes will vote next Tuesday on a Charter Amendment that would create a Homelessness Commission, setting up a fall ballot campaign...

News + Politics

Does the Marriott Corporation need a $5 million tax break?

July 17, 2019

California tax law is weird, and Prop. 13 makes it weirder. And for commercial property owners, there are all sorts of loopholes. Then there’s the...

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The stunning corruption that shows why supporters are pushing a Dark Money initiative

July 15, 2019

The Board of Supes Rules Committee heard today why the city needs to seriously upgrade its campaign-finance disclosure laws in an era when dark...

Tim Redmond

CNN gives the GOP its talking points

After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power

Three supes who voted against homeless commission supported a very similar plan in 2016

Supes, under intense pressure from mayor, drop plan for homeless commission

‘In the name of climate sanity’

SF responds to climate crisis (but will anyone mention Uber?)

New measure would link jobs and housing in SF

Haney’s plan for Homeless Commission faces close vote

Does the Marriott Corporation need a $5 million tax break?

The stunning corruption that shows why supporters are pushing a Dark Money initiative

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