Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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.

Wiener starts November race by attacking Chan, setting the tone for what could be a nasty five months

Chan says the magic words Wiener avoids—taxes on the rich—as the fall race starts to shape up

Planning Commission sides with mayor on cutting fees for affordable housing

The vote, of course, was 4-2. But Lurie has backed down on charging more for arguments in the ballot handbook.

Lurie and four supes move to cut affordable housing fees for luxury developers

Planning Commission to consider plan that city data shows will not lead to any new housing construction

Lurie wants to make ballot arguments too expensive for small campaigns

EXCLUSIVE: Dramatic increase in fees would help big-money and undermine grassroots groups. It goes before the supes Wednesday.

The terrifying agenda behind the billionaire-funded Abundance movement

Behind the Big Tech money machine is a vision for society that ought to make us all very, very scared

A week of budget protests as Lurie’s brutal cuts hit everyone except the cops

Plus: Letting big institutions off the planning hook—and yet another bizarre prosecution from DA Brooke Jenkins. That's The Agenda for June 14-19

Chakrabarti endorses Chan; Congressional race could be very close

The winner will not only go to DC but unlike Pelosi, will play a critical role in the future of local politics

Some hard, factual truth about the needless brutality of the Lurie budget

It's not about waste. It's about bad priorities

Wiener claims right-wing dark money is out to prevent him from winning. Seriously?

It's bizarre: He's raising money talking about right-wing donors attacking him, but they aren't supporting his opponent; mostly, they support Wiener. Look at the names.

A profound new report on climate and economy ignored by most major news media

Plus: Exposing SF's affordable housing failures—and the cops and DA can't get all the money when the rest of the justice system is starved. That's The Agenda for June 8-15