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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Protesters call for public control of PG&E — and it makes such perfect sense

January 10, 2019

Activists shut down another hearing of the California Public Utilities Commission today, just after Pacific Gas and Electric Co. tried to head off bankruptcy...

News + Politics

Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

January 10, 2019

The progressive supporters of Sup. Norman Yee, who won the board presidency thanks to the votes of three moderates, have been saying that he...

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Yee is board president — what does that mean?

January 8, 2019

I ran in to Sup. Norman Yee last night, outside of the Chinatown banquet honoring the four newly elected progressive supervisors. I asked him...

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Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

January 7, 2019

It was a time to celebrate in San Francisco tonight. Progressive groups in Chinatown held a banquet for the new supervisors, who ran on...

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The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

January 6, 2019

Matt Haney had his ceremonial swearing in today at Glide, and the room was packed. Even State Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymember David Chiu,...

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The real stakes in the board president vote

January 3, 2019

Political observers are scrambling to figure out who the next president of the Board of Supes will be – and in the process, some...

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Latest data shows you can’t bring prices down by building more housing

January 2, 2019

A Dec. 29 story by the Chron’s real-estate reporter, J.K. Dineen, who knows the market as well as anyone in town, shows exactly why...

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Celebrating the new supes …

December 30, 2018

The new Board of Supes is sworn in Jan. 8, and the first order of business will be electing a president. The process has...

News + Politics

Two local slates vie to set direction for state Democratic Party

December 27, 2018

City Hall pretty much closes up shop for a couple of weeks this time of year; the city, unlike the federal government, is not...

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PG&E is on the ropes

December 26, 2018

When the California Public Utilities Commission – never known for its tight oversight of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. – suddenly starts talking about...

Tim Redmond

Protesters call for public control of PG&E — and it makes such perfect sense

Relax: Yee’s ‘interim committees’ are just placeholders

Yee is board president — what does that mean?

Political power — in San Francisco and Sacramento

The new supes, a public bank, police secrecy …

The real stakes in the board president vote

Latest data shows you can’t bring prices down by building more housing

Celebrating the new supes …

Two local slates vie to set direction for state Democratic Party

PG&E is on the ropes

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