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.
Newsom says he voted to sue San Francisco
By Tim Redmond
AUGUST 15, 2014 – We solved one mystery today.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom showed up for the State Lands Commission meeting at the Ferry Building, and I was...
Tom’s Town: What’s up with the Democratic Party?
By Tom Temprano
It’s been more than a month since my last Tom’s Town, and needless to say we have quite a bit to catch up on.
Let’s start with last...
On Michael Brown, Sketch Factor, and Finding a Safe Way Home
By Julia Carrie Wong
There is a deep and disturbing dissonance between the Ferguson Police Department’s demands that protestors “Just go home,” and the reality of Black life in America.
Ferguson...
Democratic Party backs tenants — narrowly
By Tim Redmond
AUGUST 14, 2014 -- The biggest applause at the Democratic County Central Committee last night came about an hour and a half into the meeting, when Chair...
Newsom may have to answer for lawsuit against SF
By Tim Redmond
AUGUST 14, 2014 -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will be in the spotlight this week, when the State Lands Commission meets in San Francisco to talk, among...
Realty office people respond badly to modest tenant demonstration
By Tim Redmond
AUGUST 12, 2014 -- A few moments after tenant activist Erin McElroy stepped out of a Vanguard Properties office on Mission Street and began chanting “Stop the...
Is Chiu a key to DCCC vote on anti-speculation tax?
By Tim Redmond
AUGUST 12, 2014 -- The fate of a ballot measure to curtail real-estate speculation in San Francisco could come down to a handful of votes at the...
Uber whines about insurance rules that would level the playing field
By Tim Redmond
AUGUST 12, 2014 -- If you believe a recent letter from Uber, a bill pending in the state Legislature would mandate that ride-sharing companies carry “twenty times...
Latino voices will be heard in 2014 — but not enough
By Ed Kissam
AUGUST 12, 2104 -- On August 4, a provocative article from Nate Cohn appeared in the New York Times—“Why House Deportation Vote Won’t Hurt the G.O.P.” Cohn...
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 one little storing selling used...
