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.

Arts + Culture

Comedy and political history in Ammiano’s show at the Marsh

October 17, 2016

You have to go to Tom Ammiano’s show to understand it. Some things just don’t reflect in print. Ammiano, the first openly gay public school...

News + Politics

Bernie comes to SF to support Jane Kim, Prop. 61

October 16, 2016

Bernie Sanders was in town Saturday morning to rally with Jane Kim (and a lot of other progressive candidates) before doing an event in...

News + Politics

The Agenda, Oct. 16-23: Airbnb threats …

October 16, 2016

Did anyone catch the not-at-all-veiled threat in the Chronicle story on new efforts to limit Airbnb rentals? The measure, sponsored by Sups. London Breed and...

News + Politics

Community, labor leaders protest scary Big Tech dark money

October 14, 2016

The flood of sleazy dark money coming into Districts 1 and 11 got the attention of labor leaders and community activists, who met on...

News + Politics

Police union helps pay for Arce literature

October 14, 2016

Guess who is funding those brand-new Josh Arce for supervisor signs and fliers that we’re seeing in District 9? The cops, Dede Wilsey, and mega...

News + Politics

Mayor to decide on new police chief as feds blast force

October 13, 2016

The San Francisco Police Commission is preparing to recommend a new chief just as a report from the federal Justice Department slams the department...

News + Politics

Criminal justice and mental illness: What’s SF’s answer?

October 13, 2016

A hearing today on the prospect of a new criminal justice-mental health facility in San Francisco brought up a couple of key issues that...

News + Politics

Forum: What the Nov. elections mean

October 11, 2016

The November election, as we have pointed out repeatedly, has the potential to change the direction of the city in pretty dramatic ways. Control...

News + Politics

Following the big tech and real estate money in D11 and D9

October 10, 2016

It’s getting more and more complicated to Follow the Money in San Francisco, particularly when so many campaigns are making so many misleading statements...

News + Politics

The Agenda, Oct. 10-17: Should we celebrate the Twitter tax break?

October 9, 2016

I am glad, I suppose, that there’s nice art coming to mid-Market to “spur curiosity and connection.” Five years after the Twitter tax break,...