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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Peskin sends a message to Lee and Conway: Don’t you dare

January 28, 2016

The message over in Chinatown tonight was pretty clear: If Ron Conway and Mayor Lee think they can run a candidate against Aaron Peskin...

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Occupy the Super Bowl?

January 27, 2016

The supporters of the Super Bowl want San Francisco to look like a nice, clean city where all is gold and diamonds and special...

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Mayor’s housing plan: Developers get nice juicy benefit; city gets little or nothing

January 27, 2016

Affordable housing and tenant groups that are opposed to the mayor’s plans to upzone much of the city to allow more residential development will...

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The Google bus program is in trouble

January 26, 2016

The Google bus program is in a bit of trouble. And that reflects a significant new dynamic on the Board of Supervisors. The supes were...

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Supes reject police union, urge memorial for Mario Woods

January 26, 2016

There could hardly have been a better setting for the supes to pass a resolution declaring a memorial day for Mario Woods – and...

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Mayor ducks questions on campaign scandal

January 26, 2016

Mayor Ed Lee declined to answer a simple question at the Board of Supes meeting – and then ducked my question about his connections...

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Ethics Commission tries to figure out nonprofit lobbying — and pushes steep Farrell fine

January 25, 2016

The San Francisco Ethics Commission took on two fascinating items tonight involving campaign finance and lobbying. Sup. Mark Farrell is refusing to pay $190,000 that...

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Scott Wiener goes after homeless people in tents

January 25, 2016

In what homeless advocates call a “cruel” move, Sup. Scott Wiener is asking city departments to crack down on homeless people who are living...

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Uber drivers block the bike lanes

January 24, 2016

It’s getting hard to ride a bicycle along Valencia Street on a Friday night. There’s the usual traffic, of course, but now there are...

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What did the mayor know?

January 24, 2016

The follow-up question to the felony charges against three people for illegal fundraising activities is simple, and classic: What did Mayor Lee know, and when...

Tim Redmond

Peskin sends a message to Lee and Conway: Don’t you dare

Occupy the Super Bowl?

Mayor’s housing plan: Developers get nice juicy benefit; city gets little or nothing

The Google bus program is in trouble

Supes reject police union, urge memorial for Mario Woods

Mayor ducks questions on campaign scandal

Ethics Commission tries to figure out nonprofit lobbying — and pushes steep Farrell fine

Scott Wiener goes after homeless people in tents

Uber drivers block the bike lanes

What did the mayor know?

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