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.
Even Therapy can’t pay the rent; is there any hope for Valencia St?
By Tim Redmond
I’m not going to cry for Wayne Whelan. He’s been a very successful business owner in San Francisco; starting with $40 and...
Big Soda uses Kim, Breed to fight sugary drink tax
By Tim Redmond
The soda industry is already launching an attack on the November tax on sugary beverages, using the unusual comments several supervisors made...
Mayor Lee’s favorable poll numbers drop below 50 percent
By Tim Redmond
Mayor Ed Lee’s popularity has fallen below the 50 percent mark, the first sign since he took office that he may be...
The missing story — and the missing people — at the Airbnb hearing
By Tim Redmond
So much happened at the Planning Commission hearing on Airbnb that I hardly know where to start, except:
The testimony that the commissioners...
Google buses have a new parking lot — the Valencia St. median
By Tim Redmond
I've seen the big bus shuttles stop on Valencia now and then, perhaps between runs, but now one section of the street has...
Does Airbnb have an ADA problem?
By Tim Redmond
AUG. 7, 2014 -- The world of the “sharing economy,’ like the world of tech workers, tends to be young, white, college...
Why City College applied for bogus “restoration” status, and what it really means
By Tim Redmond
AUG. 6, 2014 -- City College fairly quietly acceded to the latest bizarre demand of the Accrediting Commission for Junior and Community...
Who’s going to enforce the new Airbnb law? Because nobody is doing it now
By Tim Redmond
AUG. 5, 2014 -- The biggest issue for the San Francisco Planning Commission Thursday might lurk in the weeds behind all of...
Oakand nonprofit execs oppose minimum wage — and earn six-figure salaries
By Darwin Bond Graham
Nonprofit corporation executives are among of the most adamant opponents of raising the minimum wage in Oakland, California.
A ballot initiative spearheaded...
We’re back — with housing battles, the mayor vs. Wiener, Airbnb … it never ends
By Tim Redmond
AUG. 4, 2014 – So many things happened while we were away – and no surprise, much of it had to do...