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.

News + Politics

Supes poised to create 12 new districts where vacancy tax can be assessed

January 13, 2020

The Board of Supes is moving to create a dozen new neighborhood commercial districts – a move that will bring more of the city...

Housing

Why so little state money for housing?

January 12, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing the biggest budget in state history, $220 billion,which is a huge number, and it shows that Newsom, unlike his...

News + Politics

DA Chesa Boudin sworn in with promises of dramatic reform

January 8, 2020

A reformer who has promised to shake up the broken criminal justice system was sworn into office Thursday, with a promise to end cash...

Arts + Culture

The death of Metal Arts at City College

January 7, 2020

Editor's note: There are many, many programs impacted by the decision of the City College chancellor to cut a wide range of classes in...

Housing

SF 2019 Housing scorecard is really bleak

January 6, 2020

On the day that State Sen. Scott Wiener is announcing a new bill to mandate more private-market housing – which means, given the economics...

News + Politics

How ICE treats transgender people — a horror story

January 5, 2020

Lexis Avilez thought she was going home on Christmas. It seemed, she later said, like a miracle when Yuba County sheriff’s deputies took her Dec....

Housing

Wiener’s housing deregulation bill is back!

January 5, 2020

State Sen. Scott Wiener will hold a press conference and rally in Oakland Tuesday/7 to announce that he’s re-introducing a new version of his...

News + Politics

The Agenda, New Year’s edition: Saving City College …

January 2, 2020

It’s pretty unusual for a public official who runs a major institution that is short of cash to refuse help. But that’s what’s going...

Campaign Trail

Sorting out the California presidential primary

December 30, 2019

The March 3 primary in California matters; it could be a big day for the Democratic presidential candidates. But there are a lot of...

News + Politics

More details emerge in Mission police shooting

December 18, 2019

We learned a lot more Tuesday night about the shooting of Jamaica Hampton – and it was, at best, disturbing. Chief Bill Scott released at...