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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.

SF wants to run an untested experiment on West Side neighborhoods

Plus: Preventing families from eviction from shelters, and the next step in taking over PG&E. That's The Agenda for April 13-20.

Planning hearing on upzoning shows the two worlds of housing advocates

Everyone wants lower prices. the Yimbys think the private market will provide it; community advocates say that doesn't work.

What if the DA broke the law? Where is the outrage from all the tough-on-crime folks?

State Bar sends Jenkins into diversion for improper conduct; the billionaire-backed politicians seem to think this is just fine. It's a radical double standard

Conditions at a Hunters Point housing project are disgraceful—and the private operators are ducking responsibility

Hearing shows for-profit companies running Alice Griffith failed to make basic repairs, and now want a city bailout.

The hot new book ‘Abundance’ is just more neoliberal tech bro porn

What a wonderful future we could have if we just get rid of regulations! (It doesn't actually work that way, and it hasn't in 50 years).

Can the West Side absorb more density without displacing existing tenants and small businesses?

Plus: Is the privatization of public housing working in SF? That's The Agenda for April 6-13

Thousands rally against the Trump Agenda in SF—and around the world

It's weird to see Scott Wiener saying he stands up to billionaire oligarchs—but on a sunny day, a huge crowd refused to be intimidated by Trump

Finally, some talk about local taxes—but not in a progressive direction

Airbnb wants a tax refund. Wiener wants sales taxes. Oakland sales tax isn't polling well. But taxing the rich seems like a popular idea.

Note to Matt Dorsey: UCSF doctors support harm reduction

Plus: SFPD still seems to have problems with illegal searches. That's The Agenda for March 31-April 6

New study by Fed economists directly contradicts Yimby narrative on housing prices

Dramatic data suggests gentrification and income inequality are far more important than 'constraints' on development as the cause of high housing prices