Tim Redmond
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.
Campaign against 16th and Mission project escalates
By Julia Carrie Wong
JUNE 13, 2014 -- Last Friday morning, a group of 18 activists styling themselves “Minimus” huddled behind a stand of bushes...
Hold the champagne – City College hasn’t exactly won yet
JUNE 12, 2104 – The decision by the accrediting commission to allow City College a lifeline has much of the city's political establishment applauding,...
BREAKING: Good news – for the moment – on City College
By Tim Redmond
The news that the ACCJC will change its rules and allow City College to stay open for two more years is grounds...
A modest proposal: Let’s see how gun control (and no gun control) actually works
By Johnny Angel Wendell
I have a modest proposal to address the gun crisis in America. Because it is clear that there is a great...
How sea level rise will impact communities of color
By Ngoc Nguyen
EAST PALO ALTO, JUNE 11, 2014. – Thirty-year-old Gustavo Leal remembers the floodwaters reaching the doorstep of his family home in East...
Politics on Tuesday: Deals on minimum wage, health-care accounts; something screwy going on with housing proposal
Supervisors London Breed and Mark Farrell worked with David Campos to craft a health-care bill that everyone could accept.
By Tim Redmond
JUNE 10, 2014 --...
Privatization, Hollywood, and Robocop
(In which we take a break from local politics for a moment to reflect on popular culture and the politics of a Hollywood failure)
By...
SF district attorney wants to keep cop videos secret
Public defender Jeff Adachi is unhappy about an attempt to squelch public access to police video
By Tim Redmond
JUNE 6, 2014 -- District Attorney George...
Tom’s Town: What the election numbers mean
By Tom Temprano
Numbers! I hated them in high school as I slogged through summer school Algebra II classes while friends got to enjoy the...
Why Muni workers are feeling sick
By Julia Carrie Wong
JUNE 5, 2014 -- “We are sick,” Dave Reardon, a 67-year-old Muni operator told me last night. “We are sick of...