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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Some reality facing the candidates for president

January 22, 2019

The 2020 presidential race is well under way, and now that Sen. Kamala Harris surprised nobody by announcing she’s running, more people will enter. Harris...

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Building momentum and the Women’s March

January 21, 2019

The New York Times spent a lot of time talking about the “controversy” around this weekend’s Women’s March. The march was “smaller;”maybe there’s a “waning...

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Some sanity — and insanity — at the Planning Commission

January 17, 2019

The San Francisco Planning Commission heard some stunning information about the affordable housing crisis today – and the gallery was largely empty. “I am surprised...

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A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

January 15, 2019

Since the day George Gascon announced he’s not running for re-election as district attorney, progressives involved in the criminal justice system have been wondering...

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Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

January 15, 2019

Sup. Gordon Mar made his first big statement today, demanding that Mayor London Breed open up the budget process to community advocates. During Question Time,...

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PG&E is in bankruptcy court — and public power may be the only way out

January 14, 2019

It was, in a weird way, ironic to hear on NPR today that PG&E is one of the first companies that is directly impacted...

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A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

January 13, 2019

The new Board of Supes starts its real work this week, and one of the opening events will be Question Time. The mayor can...

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Corporate Democrats win in SF state delegate elections

January 12, 2019

I ran into Tim Paulson, the former head of the Labor Council who now works for the building trades, out in front of the...

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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...

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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...

Tim Redmond

Some reality facing the candidates for president

Building momentum and the Women’s March

Some sanity — and insanity — at the Planning Commission

A progressive candidate files for DA, opening up the 2019 race

Mar pushes Breed on budget accountability

PG&E is in bankruptcy court — and public power may be the only way out

A more inclusive city budget, housing that doesn’t get built …

Corporate Democrats win in SF state delegate elections

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

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

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