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

No questions for Ed Lee? What has happened to the idea of robust debate?

December 10, 2017

Mayor Ed Lee appears before the Board of Supes Tuesday/12 for Question Time, but according to the agenda, no supervisor from an even-numbered district...

News + Politics

Chiang wants to be governor, but is a bit vague on some key issues

December 8, 2017

State Treasurer John Chiang brought his campaign for governor to San Francisco today, and in front of a fairly modest media crowd accepted the...

News + Politics

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

December 7, 2017

I shouldn’t be surprised that the mainstream East Bay news media are, to say the least, unsympathetic toward the Oakland city workers’ strike. The...

News + Politics

Tenants call out Chiu on key rent-control measure

December 5, 2017

A group of San Francisco tenants and advocates delivered an eviction warning to Assemblymember David Chiu today, urging that he help push a repeal...

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Growing chorus agrees Gascon bungled the Zarate case

December 3, 2017

Nobody’s surprised that the rightwingosphere has gone batshit over the Garcia Zarate verdict. We knew this would happen. From the first day of jury...

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Why was Garcia Zarate charged with murder?

November 30, 2017

There’s only one conclusion I can reach from the outcome of the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate: This case should never have been charged...

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Garcia Zarate not guilty of murder

November 30, 2017

A San Francisco jury found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of murder today. He was found guilty only of the charge of possessing...

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Rich homeowners win one — but why is this even an issue?

November 29, 2017

It’s fair to ask whether a group of people who don’t live in Presidio Terrace, who aren’t wealthy neighbors of Dianne Feinstein and Nancy...

News + Politics

Finally, some sanity on legal cannabis

November 29, 2017

The award for political sanity went Monday to Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer, who pointed out that too much high-end job growth was a factor...

News + Politics

What if the housing crisis is caused by too much growth?

November 27, 2017

The Board of Supes Land Use Committee heard the latest on the housing crisis today, in the form of data showing how far out...

Tim Redmond

No questions for Ed Lee? What has happened to the idea of robust debate?

Chiang wants to be governor, but is a bit vague on some key issues

Why workers had to strike in Oakland

Tenants call out Chiu on key rent-control measure

Growing chorus agrees Gascon bungled the Zarate case

Why was Garcia Zarate charged with murder?

Garcia Zarate not guilty of murder

Rich homeowners win one — but why is this even an issue?

Finally, some sanity on legal cannabis

What if the housing crisis is caused by too much growth?

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