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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Juul challenges key ballot language on overturning e-cig ban

August 8, 2019

A relatively obscure city committee will make what some say is a crucial decision tomorrow on a ballot measure that would overturn the city’s...

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Trump, racism, gun culture, and mass murder

August 4, 2019

Donald Trump has done a lot of terrible things. He conspired with a foreign country to interfere with a US election. He lied about...

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What happens if Wiener gets challenged from both the right and the left?

August 4, 2019

The idea that former state Sen. Quentin Kopp is planning to challenge incumbent Scott Wiener sets up some fascinating political possibilities. I talked to Kopp,...

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Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money

August 2, 2019

The campaign contribution filings for the first six months of 2019 are now public, and the most dramatic news involves the D5 supes race. For...

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Once again, Biden looked terrible

July 31, 2019

There were no defining moments in tonight’s debate – except for this: Once again, Joe Biden looked terrible. He couldn’t explain his health care plan, which...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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‘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 –...

Tim Redmond

Juul challenges key ballot language on overturning e-cig ban

Trump, racism, gun culture, and mass murder

What happens if Wiener gets challenged from both the right and the left?

Vallie Brown’s big real-estate money

Once again, Biden looked terrible

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’

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