Friday, May 3, 2024

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 case for the youth vote

The Board of Supes met with the Youth Commission Tuesday, and the biggest question around a potential charter amendment allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to...

Supes to decide if 16 and 17-year-olds should vote

There are plenty of reasons why San Francisco should lower the voting age to 16, but the most important one is that young people...

The Agenda, May 2-May 9: Will the mayor meet with the hunger strikers?

The hunger strike for police accountability is now well into its second week, and still not one word – seriously, not one word –...

Enough is enough! Police misconduct event Friday night

The hunger strikers have brought new attention, including national and international attention, to the problems of police misconduct in San Francisco, making this city...

Airbnb suddenly drops $245,000 into local politics

Just days after Sups. David Campos and Aaron Peskin announced a measure to more tightly regulate short-term rentals, Airbnb, the biggest company in that...

The City College strike: Community support …

The City College faculty walked picket lines all over town today – with strong community support for a strike that was designed to send...

Will Gascon file charges against cops who shot Amilcar Perez Lopez?

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is conducting an in-depth investigation of the shooting of Amilcar Perez Lopez and is expected to announce within...

Who will oppose the new Airbnb measure?

Sups. David Campos and Aaron Peskin have teamed up to take on Airbnb with a simple, clear piece of legislation that could have an...

The Agenda, April 25-May 1: Lots of housing data …

It’s going to be a week full of housing data, which is a good thing since so much of the information the national news...

Nimbys, SFBARF, and a clueless writer at the NY Times

The easy thing to do is just try to ignore the likes of SFBARF and hope they will go away. But they don’t, and...