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.

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Airbnb rebrands neoliberal bullshit as genitalia-shaped bullshit

July 16, 2014

By Julia Carrie Wong JULY 16, 2014 -- Corporate branding is always bullshit, but tech industry branding is a special breed of bullshit, if for...

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Let’s not elect our elected officials. That’s what the supes said today

July 15, 2014

By Tim Redmond JULY 15, 2014 – The supervisors rejected a plan today that would have allowed voters to fill vacancies on the Board of...

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Politics on Tuesday: Is City Hall under Lee and Chiu more effective?

July 15, 2014

By Tim Redmond JULY 15, 2014 -- Over at the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council Thursday night, a group of political observers and activists (including, yes,...

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Why building more market-rate housing can’t possibly solve the city’s crisis

July 15, 2014

JULY 15, 2014 -- Yesterday, we presented Part One of our Housing Video Series, explaining how San Francisco got into this mess. And in...

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Explaining why SF has a housing crisis — and who’s at fault. In ten minutes

July 14, 2014

JULY 14, 2014 -- San Francisco politics is full of mythology, and one of the great myths of 2014 is that the progressives, the...

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In Oakland, Loveable winners and assholes

July 14, 2014

By L.E. Leone JULY 14, 2014 – Last week I read (on ESPN.com, if you must know) that Raiders new running back Maurice Jones-Drew thinks...

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Tom’s Town: Harvey Milk’s tenant legacy

July 11, 2014

By Tom Temprano JULY 11, 2014 -- City Hall received a blast from the past on Thursday when the Anti-Speculation Tax, which is already on...

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Uber’s tax-avoidance strategy costs government millions. How’s that for “sharing?”

July 10, 2014

By Darwin Bond Graham JULY 10, 2014 -- Uber, a leading ride-sharing company, has drawn the ire of regulators and cab drivers in dozens of...

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Politics: The future of Airbnb regulations

July 10, 2014

By Tim Redmond JULY 10, 2014 -- There won’t be an Airbnb initiative on the November ballot – but the issue, and the possibility of...

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When Gavin Newsom sells out the disability community

July 8, 2014

By Bob Planthold JULY 8, 2014 -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote an op-ed piece June 16th in the Sacramento Bee that focuses on the innovation...

Tim Redmond

Airbnb rebrands neoliberal bullshit as genitalia-shaped bullshit

Let’s not elect our elected officials. That’s what the supes said today

Politics on Tuesday: Is City Hall under Lee and Chiu more effective?

Why building more market-rate housing can’t possibly solve the city’s crisis

Explaining why SF has a housing crisis — and who’s at fault. In ten minutes

In Oakland, Loveable winners and assholes

Tom’s Town: Harvey Milk’s tenant legacy

Uber’s tax-avoidance strategy costs government millions. How’s that for “sharing?”

Politics: The future of Airbnb regulations

When Gavin Newsom sells out the disability community

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