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: Taxing Uber and Lyft …

March 4, 2018

THE AGENDA There’s not a lot going on at City Hall this week; everyone seems to be too busy campaigning. But Sup. Aaron Peskin...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: Three donors give $15K to Breed superPAC

March 4, 2018

The independent expenditure committee backing Sup. London Breed for mayor and attacking Mark Leno has filed its first documentation, which shows that the majority...

News + Politics

A challenge to sitting judges — and the secretive judicial system

February 27, 2018

Judges don’t like elections. That’s been true in San Francisco for decades, and it’s true in most of the rest of the country. The...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: A path for SF Dems to endorse Kim and Leno?

February 26, 2018

I may have been wrong about my assessment of the SF Democratic Party and the mayor’s race. If the strategy of the Mark Leno and...

News + Politics

Explosive debate finally shows the candidates as they are

February 25, 2018

The best and most revealing mayoral debate so far – because it was an actual debate – took place last week at the Potrero...

News + Politics

Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

February 22, 2018

Sharen Hewitt, who for generations define fiery, loving activism in San Francisco, has died. Hewitt, who described herself as a “grandmother for social change,” ran...

Campaign Trail

Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …

February 21, 2018

While Mark Leno is getting a lot of press attention for his campaign, and a growing number of organizations are doing a ranked-choice strategy...

News + Politics

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

February 20, 2018

The SF Ethics Commission blew up last week as President Peter Keane abruptly announced his resignation after failing to get the four votes to...

News + Politics

Leno, Kim backers adopting ranked-choice voting strategy

February 18, 2018

The established progressive leaders and organizations in San Francisco appear to be leaning toward dual endorsements of Mark Leno and Sup. Jane Kim for...

News + Politics

Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

February 15, 2018

What a difference two weeks and a different venue makes. The three leading candidates for mayor all said they supported, more or less, Sen. Scott...

Tim Redmond

The Agenda: Taxing Uber and Lyft …

Campaign trail: Three donors give $15K to Breed superPAC

A challenge to sitting judges — and the secretive judicial system

Campaign trail: A path for SF Dems to endorse Kim and Leno?

Explosive debate finally shows the candidates as they are

Sharen Hewitt, force of nature and grandmother to hundreds of activists, is dead

Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …

Ethics Commission blows up over controversial reform law

Leno, Kim backers adopting ranked-choice voting strategy

Progressive debate offers a bit of candidate clarity

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