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Tim Redmond

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.

No, taxes on billionaires won’t destroy innovation in California

Tax opponents are putting out a line that makes no sense; just look at Bay Area tech history

Bernie Sanders talks about AI—and the billionaires who control it

Plus: The DCCC holds its endorsements meeting, and the supes vote on more chain stores and an illegal $40 million luxury hotel tax break. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-March 1

Democratic candidates run away from the billionaire tax

Discussion of economic inequality was rare at the state convention. Our report from Moscone Center

With Gov Gav missing, will Democrats have a strategy to win in November?

The state's weird primary system could put two Republicans in the general election for governor. What is a party with too many weak candidates going to do?

Corporate Democrats are in control as party holds state convention in SF

No big-name speakers who support the billionaire tax get to take the stage, a sign of who controls the party as we head for the midterms

For Trump and his toadies, the reckoning will come

Some day, maybe fairly soon, the majority of this country will realize how horrible this time has been—and Bezos. Zuckerberg, Musk and the rest will be held accountable

How Lurie bungled the teachers strike

Plus: Why is an administration obsessed with public safety cutting crime-prevention programs that are way cheaper than cops? That's The Agenda for Feb. 15-22

PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing—and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout

We also got a preview of the lies the company will tell to oppose public power

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong

Supes side with AT&T on massive cell phone tower in Diamond Heights

Mandelman says the city has no choice and AT&T could sue; neighbors say that's no way to make policy decisions