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.

Housing

Appeals Board hearing raises key issue about protecting existing rental units

June 18, 2025

Planning Department wants to allow the removal of what evidence shows was a rent-controlled housing unit, setting a potentially dangerous precedent

Homelessness

SFMTA approves rules that would evict most people living in RVs

June 17, 2025

It's inhumane. It won't work. There's massive opposition. But the commissioners voted to approve it anyway.

Crime

A profoundly important new book exposes the truth behind crime mythology

June 17, 2025

'Copaganda' should be required reading for anyone concerned about police, jails, and lies—and that includes journalists

Featured

We need 100 more 48 Hills members to meet our spring goal!

June 16, 2025

Now is the time! Join us to save independent local media and stand up for San Francisco and the Bay Area.

The Agenda

Massive protests: Against Trump—and against the Lurie budget

June 15, 2025

Millions all over the country, including red states, oppose Trump. Plus: Brutal city budget comes down to the final weeks. That's The Agenda for June 15 to 22

City Hall

The Lurie budget is great for bad cops

June 15, 2025

Proposal slashes funding for Department of Police Accountability, eliminates sheriff inspector general.

City Hall

The budget is all about Mayor Lurie’s campaign promises to ‘clean the streets’

June 13, 2025

If we want to avoid civic failure, we need to rethink not just spending but how we finance San Francisco—and parking meters in the park won't do it

The Agenda

The brutality of the Billionaires Budget starts to unfold

June 11, 2025

Here are some of the critical services on the chopping block—and why this doesn't need to happen

News + Politics

Lurie doesn’t say the words ‘Sanctuary City’ at supes meeting

June 10, 2025

Mayor still cautious on resisting Trump ICE raids; Walton challenges him on fairness of shelters for the unhoused

Immigration

5,000 march against ICE in the Mission; where is Mayor Lurie?

June 9, 2025

Opposition to Trump crackdown just keeps growing—and the mayor, activists say, is way too quiet