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.

The Agenda

The Agenda, Oct. 1-8: Big changes at Ocean Beach …

October 1, 2017

The San Francisco Police Commission pulled a discussion of Tasers off the agenda last week — just as an Oakland man died after being...

News + Politics

Why Wiener’s housing bill undermines good policy outcomes

September 27, 2017

The One Oak project and another controversial development in the Mission both moved forward this week after the district supervisors worked with the developers...

News + Politics

Police reform hearing is all about Tasers

September 26, 2017

A hearing on police reform that was supposed to focus on the 272 recommendations the Department of Justice has given the city today wound...

News + Politics

Judge in Zarate case sides with prosecution on two key motions

September 26, 2017

Judge Samuel Feng denied two key motions by lawyers for accused shooter Jose Ines Garcia Zarate today, ruling without further comment that Zarate’s rambling...

News + Politics

The latest attack on homeless people …

September 24, 2017

San Francisco politicians have a history of attacking and scapegoating homeless people to advance their careers. Remember, Gavin Newsom (who is now campaigning for...

News + Politics

Protest over ‘backroom deal’ on Excelsior affordable housing project

September 17, 2017

A deal to build an affordable housing complex in the Excelsior with a community health clinic on the first floor is now up in...

News + Politics

The Tom and Tim Show: Sacramento ducks Sanctuary, Robin Williams Meadow ….

September 16, 2017

Arts + Culture

Oscar Acosta, Chicano revolutionary, finally gets his historical due

September 15, 2017

I first encountered Oscar Acosta the way most people did — through Hunter S. Thompson. I never quite realized who the “300 pound Samoan...

News + Politics

Houses over Bernal gas pipeline delayed again

September 12, 2017

The City Planning Department will have to do additional research on the chance that a pipeline under Bernal Hill could explode during the construction...

News + Politics

St. Luke’s won’t evict sub-acute patients ….

September 12, 2017

The Board of Supes celebrated a significant victory today when California Pacific Medical Center’s director, Dr. David Browner, announced that St. Luke’s hospital will...