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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Will SF supes oppose Wiener’s real-estate bill?

April 1, 2018

THE AGENDA The Board of Supes will vote Tuesday/3 on a watered-down resolution kinda, sorta, opposing state Sen. Scott Wiener’s latest real-estate bill, SB...

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Campaign trail: DCCC backs Leno and Kim

March 28, 2018

The Democratic County Central Committee Wednesday night voted to endorse Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim for mayor, leaving the third spot vacant after...

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Can the police contract be a vehicle for reform?

March 27, 2018

The role of the San Francisco Police Officers Association in blocking reform is increasingly becoming a focus among police-accountability activists -- and the POA...

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Campaign trail: Homelessness, superPACs and a weird Chron story

March 19, 2018

This was the week of candidates putting forward plans to address homelessness. Mark Leno put forward his plan to end “street homelessness,” and while some...

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Police accountability groups make POA contract an issue for supes, Farrell

March 19, 2018

Labor battles in San Francisco are typically about wages, benefits, and staffing. In tough years, City Hall tries to make cuts, and the unions...

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Campaign Trail: Wiener’s upzoning bill becomes issue in SF mayor’s race

March 15, 2018

Scott Wiener’s bill to strip cities of local zoning and allow more housing density is becoming an issue in the SF mayoral campaign. Sup. Jane...

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The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

March 13, 2018

Economists who believe in free-market solutions generally don’t like rent control, because – by definition – it distorts the market. So we’ve seen a...

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Hearing on Wiener housing bill points to the roots of this crisis

March 12, 2018

Most of the time, when San Francisco supervisors ask the board to weigh in on a state or federal issue, it’s just an agenda...

The Agenda

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

March 11, 2018

THE AGENDA There is good news every once in a while. The Planning Commission last week rejected, on a 7-0 vote, an application to...

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Progressive groups promote Kim-Leno dual endorsement strategy

March 8, 2018

The chorus or progressive groups endorsing both Sup. Jane Kim and Mark Leno for mayor continues to get louder, with the Milk Club, the...

Tim Redmond

Will SF supes oppose Wiener’s real-estate bill?

Campaign trail: DCCC backs Leno and Kim

Can the police contract be a vehicle for reform?

Campaign trail: Homelessness, superPACs and a weird Chron story

Police accountability groups make POA contract an issue for supes, Farrell

Campaign Trail: Wiener’s upzoning bill becomes issue in SF mayor’s race

The flaws in Stanford’s anti-rent-control study

Hearing on Wiener housing bill points to the roots of this crisis

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

Progressive groups promote Kim-Leno dual endorsement strategy

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